Welcome to the Central Iowa Group
Serving Adair, Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Union, Warren and Wayne counties in Central Iowa.
Photo by Mike "Augie" Augspurger
Grumpy Goldfinch
Water droplets hang from the perch of this soaked and grumpy-looking goldfinch as he waits while a female finishes her nibbling at a bird feeder during light showers that soaked southeast Iowa in May. You can see the female bird's profile in the bottom right.
Volunteers Needed for Two Events
The Central Iowa Sierra Club will host the Yellow
Banks Access for the Des Moines River Cleanup Event
The 2008 River Run Garbage Grab cleanup (R2G2) on Saturday, August 16
has been extended from Cottonwood access at Saylorville all the way to
Yellow Banks County Park. The Central Iowa Sierra Club Group will host
the Yellow Banks access.
Host volunteers will greet and sign in cleanup volunteers, hand out
trash bags and gloves, and receive and segregate trash from paddlers and
people cleaning up the riverside in Yellow Banks Park. Polk County
Conservation will assist with transferring trash to recyclers and
landfill.
We will have two shifts—8:30 to noon and noon to 3:30 p.m.—and need
volunteers for each shift. Come and join in the fun and excitement of
being a part of this great event. Please contact Jane Clark at jrclark@radiks.net
or (515) 223-5047 to volunteer.
Volunteers are invited to come to the Simon Estes Amphitheater downtown
by the riverside for free food and live music.
Pelican Festival Sunday Afternoon, September 7
The Central Iowa Sierra Club has volunteered to help again this year at
the Pelican Festival at Jester Park. There has been a change of
venue this year, so we aren’t sure yet what job we will help with, but
we will appreciate your help for one of the shifts. You will see one of
the largest flocks of American White Pelicans available for easy
viewing. Put the date of this favorite event on your calendar and email
Phyllis at goodmanph@mchsi.com to get your name on the volunteer list.
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