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| FREP ACTIVITIES |
| FREP's Annual Conversations About Conservation With Our
Legislators |
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
1 PM
FREP's Annual Conversations
About Conservation With Our Legislators
Location:
Lake Front Park Center
Maplink
71 Nippersink Blvd., Fox Lake 60020
Co-Host: Fox
Waterway Agency
We are pleased to hold our annual Conversations
event in the northern part of the Fox River
Watershed and welcome the participation of the
legislators who are part of the Fox Waterway
Agency caucus.
The program will include speakers:
Senator Michael Bond
Senator Pam Althoff (invited)
Jack Darin, Executive Director of Sierra Club of
Illinois
Comments by any other legislators in attendance
The program will conclude with a time for questions and answers.
The program is open to all FREP members and
other interested members of the watershed
community.
To assist in room
set-up, it would be helpful if you'd Email us to say you are
attending:
foxriverinfo@comcast.net |
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 Noon Network |
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Noon - 1:30 PM
Program:
Proposed Hackmatack National
Wildlife Refuge
Presenter: Cindy
Skrukrud
Location: Lost Valley Visitor Center,
Glacial Park, Rt. 31 & Harts Road, Ringwood, IL
Maplink
The Friends of Hackmatack was formed to
facilitate the establishment of the Hackmatack National Wildlife
Refuge in the northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.
The refuge will conserve our area’s unique natural landscapes,
plants and wildlife; link existing open space areas; create
recreational opportunities and provide long-term economic
benefits to the residents of our region.
In April US Fish & Wildlife Service approved the study to
determine the feasibility of establishing this new National
Wildlife Refuge.
Come to the Noon Network to learn more about this wonderful
project within our Fox River Watershed.
Friends of
Hackmatack Website
US Fish & Wildlife Service Webpage on Hackmatack
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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. |
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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. Just added - our August FREP
Noon Network on the Jelke Creek Reclamation Project in Dundee
Township. |
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| New FREP Activity |
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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 entered into an agreement with the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (IEPA) to complete four watershed-based plans
within the Fox River Basin.
Watershed planning commences in September 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).
The Conservation Foundation (TCF), Environmental Defenders of
McHenry County (EDMC), and the Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
(FREP) are partners in the planning process and have received
grants from CMAP. TCF and EDMC will serve as local watershed
coordinators in the Lower Fox and Upper Fox watersheds
respectively, convene local stakeholders and execute an outreach
plan.
FREP will support the outreach and education effort by upgrading
their subwatersheds webpage, highlight watershed planning
activity in their e-newsletter – “Downstream” and host a Noon
Network in each of the four watersheds.
The Fox River Study Group is also involved as the hydrologic and
water quality simulation models being developed for them by the
Illinois State Water Survey will be used to estimate
watershed-pollutant loads. Thus, CMAP is supporting a
collaborative structure for conserving the Fox River, an
important source of regional water supply.
The planning process and watershed plans are to be completed by
December 31, 2011. |
| Initial Stakeholder
Watershed Planning Meeting Schedule: |
| Please note: these meetings are open to
the public and anyone interested in learning more about this
project is welcome to attend and participate. |
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Blackberry Creek
Watershed Meeting
Map of Watershed
Tuesday, Sept 21, 10 AM - Noon
Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. Municipal Drive; Sugar Grove
60554
Maplink
For more information, Email Erin Tuttle at:
etuttle@theconservationfoundation.org
Ferson-Otter Creek Watershed Meeting
Map of Watershed
Tuesday, Sept 21, 2-4 PM
Campton Township Community Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road,
St. Charles
Maplink
For more information, Email Erin Tuttle at:
etuttle@theconservationfoundation.org
Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed and Silver
Creek Watershed Combined Meeting
Thursday, September 23,
Lunch Social Noon – 1 PM, Meeting 1-3 PM
Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal
Lake
Weblink
Map of Sleepy Hollow Watershed
Map of Silver Creek Watershed
For more information, Email Lynn Rotunno at:
watershedinfo@mcdefenders.net |
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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. |
Updates:
We are starting to get more responses for the
rain garden registry. We hope to get a few more and we will
create the database soon. So please register your rain garden
using the form online.
Visit the Demonstration Rain Garden at St.
Charles Horticultural Research Farm
Rt. 38 & Peck Road, St. Charles. The garden is at the northwest corner of the
intersection.
Look for the new informational signage at the garden. |
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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 |
Monday, August 30
5:30 PM |
A
Forum on Parks, Open Space and Nature
The Field Museum,
Simpson Theater, Chicago
Presented by Openlands, Chicago Park
District & The Field Museum
Provide input to President Obama’s
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, a
21st Century agenda for conservation,
recreation and connecting with the
outdoors.
If you can't attend, read more about the
initiative and submit your ideas
HERE
There is no cost for this event.
Registration begins at 4:30. Please
arrive at the West door promptly. There
will be complimentary parking available
for this event in the Soldier Field
North Garage. |
Saturday,
September 18 |
Annual "It's Our River Day" - A
Celebration of Illinois Rivers through
Education, Recreation, and Conservation
Events and activities are being held
throughout Illinois
If you are planning a 2010 event, please
register at
http://dnr.state.il.us/iord |
Tuesday,
September 21
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
2010 Parking Lot & Sidewalk Deicing
Workshop
Arrowhead Gold Club, Wheaton
Fee
Flyer |
Wednesday,
September 22
7:45 AM - Noon |
2010 Public Roads Deicing Workshop
Arrowhead Gold Club, Wheaton
Fee
Flyer |
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Fall Issue of Illinois
RiverWatcher |
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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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