| FREP MEMBERSHIP
MEETINGS |
July Picnic/Social Activity
TBA
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| Our annual
Conversations About
Conservation With Our Legislators,
generally held in March, is being rescheduled to
September. Watch here for details. |
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| Future
Meeting Dates: |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
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| We are always looking for hosts
throughout the Fox River Watershed for our
membership meetings. If you have a facility that
would be available for one of our meetings and
would like to showcase your community, agency or
business, please let us know. |
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| 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.
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 Jelkes 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 Jelkes 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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| Future
Noon Network Dates: |
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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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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