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| FREP ACTIVITIES |
| FREP Noon Networks |
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program:
Jelke Creek Reclamation
Project, Dundee Township
Presenter: Sue
Harney, Dundee Township Supervisor
Location: Meet at Sleepy Hollow Village
Hall, 1 Thorobred Lane, first for presentation.
Map Link
We will then carpool to go to the site, 5
minutes away. Interested parties can drive or
walk through the 3.65 miles of trails and view
the ponds, terraces and bio-swales.
The Jelke Creek Bird Sanctuary Restoration
Project lies within a 239-acre site owned and
managed by Dundee Township and located southwest
of the Village of Sleepy Hollow in northern Kane
County, Illinois. Approximately 160 acres of
the site have been severely disturbed and
degraded due to historic gravel quarry
operations. The mining activities created
topsoil stockpile berms, spoil piles, mine
tailings, and extensive moderately to steeply
sloped areas that were poorly vegetated and
exhibited gully, sheet and rill erosion. Water
quality impacts on Jelke Creek included
siltation/sedimentation, nutrient enrichment,
and habitat degradation.
The Project was substantially constructed in
November 2009 and is expected to be finalized in
2010. Restoration included re-locating
260,000cy of soil, re-grading slopes,
re-spreading the topsoil stockpiles, installing
native plant materials in the re-spread topsoil
zones, and constructing the following Best
Management Practices:
* Biofiltration swales totaling 3,250 linear
feet to treat and infiltrate runoff from the
site;
* Conversion of three (3) existing mining ponds
into stormwater wetlands to improve pollutant
removal before discharging stormwater; and
* Construction of six (6) stormwater detention
basins to improve water quality, remove
suspended and soluble nonpoint source
pollutants, enhance habitat and aesthetics, and
improve water retention and other beneficial
hydrologic functions.
Article about Jelke Creek Project
Jelke Creek Bird Sanctuary Webpage |
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| Noon Networks are free and open to the public.
Reservations are not required. Bring your lunch to eat during
the program. |
| 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 Membership Meetings |
September (week of the 13th), 2010
FREP's Annual Conversations About
Conservation With Our Legislators
Final plans are currently being made for this annual program,
now moved to September from the traditional March timeframe.
This year the event will be held in the northern part of the
Watershed, at Grant High School in Fox Lake. Our thanks to
Ingrid Danler of Fox Waterway Agency for making the
arrangements. She is currently finalizing a day and time with
her legislative contacts.
Another edition of the Downstream will
be sent out as soon as plans are finalized. We hope many of you
can join us.
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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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| FREP Annual Membership Dues |
FREP's new fiscal year began July 1. Dues statements will be sent
out in September and due by the end of November.
If you are planning budgets now and/or would like to pay your
dues before the September statements are sent, here is the new
2010-11 FREP Membership Form.
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| FREP's Website |
Rain Garden Initiative - Thanks to a grant from the
Kane County Riverboat Grant Program, FREP has been able to
establish the Kane County Rain Garden Initiative. Because rain
gardens benefit the entire watershed, the resources on these
pages are for all.
Rain Garden Registry - We are especially
eager to build a database of rain gardens that exist, are being
built, or are planned for in the Fox watershed. Visit the page
link and complete and return the form to include your rain
garden in this registry. |
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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 |
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Thursday, Nov. 4 |
Congress 2010:
The 7th Biennial Congress of the Chicago
Wilderness Alliance
University of Illinois at Chicago - The Forum,
725 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL
Website
Details TBA |
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Saturday, Nov. 6 |
BIONEERS
at McHenry Community College Conference
Featured Keynote Speaker:
Food - How It’s All Connected
Jim Braun, Coordinator IL Local Food, Farms and
Jobs Council
Website
Flyer |
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The next issue of RiverWatcher
goes out September 1.
They seek contributors to this issue to send any of the
following:
articles about an organization or citizen group that is
working to protect/improve our water resources
water-related updates such as new programs, watershed
plans, restoration projects, etc. water-related events
taking place between September 1 and November 30
(provide a short description and link to the calendar);
photos (share your favorite stream/river photo); poems
and short stories any other information you wish to
share with your fellow water stewards and Citizen
Scientists.
Contact: Vera Bojic,
National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, Lewis
and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Road, Godfrey,
IL 62035 Ph: (618) 468-4870 Fax: (618) 468-7221
vbojic@lc.edu Webite:
http://ngrrec.org |
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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 |
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