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Re: E-M:/ What is Tour de Wetlands?
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Enviro-Mich message from Darryl Braun <darrylrich@yahoo.com>
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Why don't you add a sixth site to the agenda. Visiting
The Meadows devastated 12 acre moonscape in Inkster,
formerly a woodland/wetland of indescribable beauty,
will demonstrate the horrible consequence of failure
to appreciate nature's wonder, to combat urban sprawl
and neglect for smaller, ephemeral wetland sites
located in urban deserts, and most importantly, to
challenge the dereliction of the Engler/Harding
directed DEQ, the Agency established with the
expressed purpose of protecting environmental
treasures.
Ironically, The Meadows is the name that was adopted
by the developer for the housing project which will be
constructed on the site which formerly contained a
meadow of breathtaking beauty. That meadow is now a
cherished memory. Despite a valiant fight against
overwhelming odds, one of the last remaining wetlands
in the Inkster area has been clearcut and grated. Let
its tragic demise serve as a martyr in the most
important cause of wetland preservation.
Darryl Braun
Citizens United for Action
--- Anne Heise <aheise@wccnet.org> wrote:
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> Enviro-Mich message from Anne Heise
> <aheise@wccnet.org>
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>
> Friends,
>
> You've probably heard of the Tour de France.
> Perhaps even attended a Tour
> de Sprawl. Now, the Sierra Club & The Huron River
> Watershed Council
> invite you to ... Tour de Wetlands 2002.
>
> What will you do on the Tour de Wetlands? Travel in
> a luxurious AATA bus
> to 5 beautiful wetlands. Hear experts explain how
> old, new, and
> rehabilitated wetlands "work". Learn more about the
> nature that we pass
> by every day in relative ignorance.
>
> Date: Saturday, June 15, 2002 (rain or shine)
> Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
> Place: Furstenberg Park in Ann Arbor on Geddes Road
> across from Huron High
> Cost: Free of charge!
>
> Wetland sites: Furstenberg Park, Shanghi Park at St.
> Joseph Mercy Hospital,
> Dominos Farms, Pfizer, and the Children's Wet Meadow
> at Buhr Park
>
> Partial list of speakers includes: Janis Bobrin,
> Drain Commissioner; Dave
> Borneman from the Ann Arbor Parks Department Natural
> Area Preservation
> Program; Don Tilton of Tilton and Associates;
> Patrick Judd and Peter Pollack
> from Pollack Design Associates; Jeannine Palms from
> the Children's Wet
> Meadow; and Lance Armstrong, world champion
> bicyclist (just kidding - he's
> on the other Tour, the one with the baguettes and
> berets).
>
> Kids are welcome, no membership is required, and
> there's no cost for
> anything. Come have a fine time touring some of the
> nicest natural areas
> around as part of Tour de Wetlands 2002.
>
> Seats are limited, so advance registration is
> recommended. This will also
> help us figure out how many buses we need. To save
> your seats or ask
> questions, call Ellen Offen at (734) 769-5123 or
> e-mail her at
> eoffen@hrwc.org. It's as simple as saying "I think I
> can make it, so save
> me a seat."
>
> Doug Cowherd
> Co-Chair, Sierra Club-Huron Valley Group
>
>
>
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> THANKS TO THE ANN ARBOR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR
> THE BUSES
>
>
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>
>
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