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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Greetings
from FREP! |
| Please visit our
Website
for additional information and updates on activities shared in
this newsletter |
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| FREP ACTIVITIES |
| FREP Noon Network |
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program:
Focus on Sleepy Hollow Creek
Watershed Planning
Including Tour of Crystal Lake Waste Water Treatment
Plant
Presenter:
Jim Huchel, Wastewater Superintendent
Location:
City of Crystal Lake’s WWTP # 3 400
Knaack Blvd, Crystal Lake, IL
Just behind Knaack Manufacturing
(Emerson), north side. Knaack Blvd. is a small dead-
end street that runs north from Terra Cotta Ave (Route
176). Park on the south side of the Maintenance Garage
Building on the plant property.
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| Special FREP Noon Network (in place of our
May Membership Meeting) |
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Special Event Noon - 1:30 PM
Location: Dick
Young Forest Preserve/Nelson Lake Marsh, west of
Batavia
Meet at Large Shelter off of Nelson Lake
Road
Program: Blackberry
Creek Watershed Planning Group
A
special tour and celebration of the life
of Dick Young, who passed away March 13
This event will all be outdoors and will replace
our regularly scheduled FREP membership meeting
this month |
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| Upcoming Noon Networks: |
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program: Hawks Bluff Park,
Batavia Park Dist. 30 acres of wetland, stream corridor
and remnant Oak Savannah.
Use of permeable pavers in the parking area
Location: Meet at Hawks Bluff Park, Batavia |
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program: Focus on Silver
Creek Watershed Planning
Location: TBA |
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program: Focus on
Ferson-Otter Creek Watershed Planning
Location: TBA |
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FREP members, potential members, and the general public
are welcome to attend FREP meetings and programs.
Learn more
about activities in the watershed and network with others.
FREP Meeting Minutes can be found
HERE. |
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| Program
Presentations Online: If you
missed a recent Noon Network or meeting program, you can
find many presentations in pdf form on the FREP Website
HERE. |
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| FREP Government Relations Committee |
Are you interested
in learning more about current environmental legislation? Do
you have connections with local senators or representatives?
The Government Relations Committee has a place for you! The
Committee organizes an annual event, Conversations about
Conservation with our Legislators and works to inform the
membership of proposed legislation that impacts FREP’s mission.
The Committee is open to other tasks and ideas.
If you are interested in joining, please contact Katie Parkhurst
at 847-658-4184 or
katieparkhurst@algonquin.org.
The time commitment is minimal and you will learn a lot and can
be part of the planning for our next Conversations program in
September. |
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| Watershed Planning |
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The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning (CMAP) is the delegated authority for the region’s
areawide water quality management plan.
CMAP has an agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (IEPA) to complete four watershed-based plans within the
Fox River Basin. Watershed planning commenced Sept. 2010 in Blackberry Creek
and Ferson-Otter Creek watersheds (Lower Fox River, Kane and
Kendall counties) and in Sleepy Hollow Creek and Silver Creek
watersheds (Upper Fox River, McHenry County). Funding for these
projects was provided by the IEPA through Section 604(b) of the
Clean Water Act (CWA).
Read more about the project and information about each of the
four watersheds
HERE. |
| Watershed Planning Meeting Schedule:
Meetings are open to
the public, anyone interested is welcome to attend and participate. |
Blackberry Creek
Watershed Meeting
Tuesday, April 19
Stakeholder Meeting 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove
APC Building Room 258
MAP
Contact Tara Neff:
630-428-4500, Ext. 23
tneff@theconservationfoundation.org
Webpage
Ferson-Otter Creek Watershed Meeting
Tuesday, April 26
Stakeholder Meeting 2-4 PM
Trotter and Associates
40W201 Wasco Rd., Suite D, St. Charles
Contact Tara Neff:
630-428-4500, Ext. 23
tneff@theconservationfoundation.org
Webpage
Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed and Silver
Creek Watershed Meeting
Meeting today, April 13. So next meeting TBA
Webpages:
Silver
Sleepy Hollow
Contact Lynn Rotunno at: 815-338-0393
watershedinfo@mcdefenders.net |
| Additional Watershed Planning Groups |
There are other active watershed groups
involved with planning and implementation activities. Visit our
Subwatersheds page for more information or these specific
Websites/Webpages:
Tyler Creek Watershed
Jelkes Creek Watershed Meeting Wednesday, June 15, 7
PM, West Dundee
Spring Creek has also begun the planning process. Contact info
is on our
Subwatersheds page |
| EPA Website that
should be helpful to all the planners:
Healthy Watersheds |
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| Fox River Guide & Website |
A new publication is currently being
developed and will be distributed in June: The Citizen's Guide to
Preserving the Fox River. It
will feature articles and
photographs "to engage more local residents in protecting their
Fox River." The Conservation Foundation (TCF) and FREP are
working together on this project.
The companion website is already up, and will be expanded in the
coming months. Visit it at:
preservethefox.org There is
information on the website about how to sponsor and/or advertise
in the publication. |
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| Other Activities & News of Interest |
| If you have an
activity or event you'd like FREP to share on
our Website or in the Downstream, please email
the information to Becky at:
foxriverinfo@comcast.net |
Sunday, April 17
1-5 PM |
Garfield Farm
Museum Workshop: Growing
Family Vegetables: A Lost Family Art
$45 Fee
Website |
Thursday, April 28
5:30 PM |
The Conservation
Foundation's 2011 Earth Day Benefit
Dinner
Woodridge
Website |
Saturday
April 30
11 AM - 4 PM |
Earth Day
Celebration
Sponsored by
McHenry County Conservation District &
Environmental Defenders of McHenry
County
Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan
Rd., Crystal Lake |
Sunday
June 12 |
McHenry County
Conservation Foundation's Annual
Pedal-Paddle Through the Prairie
Website
Glacial Park |
Friday,
June 17
11 AM - 2 PM |
Algonquin’s Conservation Community Day,
11 AM - 2 PM
Woods Creek
Website |
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Funding News |
Northeast Illinois
Invasive Plant Partnership Awards Grants
in Support of Invasive Plant Control
Work
Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant
Partnership (NIIPP) recently awarded
three small grants to support invasive
plant control work. Awards were
delegated to the Chicago Park District
for $3000, to the Forest Preserve
District of Kane County for $1000 and to
Plainfield Township Park District for
$1045, in efforts to mitigate the
impacts of invasive plants.
Link
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Other News/Information |
Have you signed the petition for the
proposed
Hackmatack National Wildife Refuge?
Visit the
Website today!
Also, check out the
Supporters page. If you are part of
an organization or business not yet
listed here, please consider becoming an
Organizational Friend of Hackmatack. |
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Becky
Hoag,
Communications Manager, Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
630-482-9157
foxriverinfo@comcast.net Please
Email me if you have an Email to add to our mailing list.
FREP WEBSITE:
foxriverecosystem.org |
