~ Save Maumee’s 6th Annual Earth Day 2011
~ SUNDAY April 17 ~ WE are here for the cause….CLEANER WATERWAYS AND AWARNESS
~ 11AM – 4PM ~
All Ages ~ Rain or Shine ~ Action & Education ~ Seed Planting & Large Scale Erosion Control Project ~ Free Fun
Open-Non House…working on improving your rivers with only citizen sponsorship and 100% volunteers since 2005! Looking for your back muscles!
See where to find the Earth Day fun CLICK HERE:
**Sign in and REGISTER FIRST and listen/read any information being presented about your rivers in Indiana – please sign the liability waiver, or you cannot participate. (just keeping the lawyers happy :))Save Maumee Grassroots Organization is dedicated to raising awareness about the conditions of the 3 Rivers in Fort Wayne, Indiana while facilitating ecosystem restoration projects; ultimately repairing and improving the St. Joseph, St. Mary and Maumee Rivers. Revitalizing the St. Joe/Maumee Watershed will protect and restore the environment, while improving the economic, aesthetic and recreational value. We are organizing hypothesis driven restoration projects, which place a high priority on monitoring, developing and restoring rivers with a positive environmental impact. Research into historical importance of our navigable waterways and current pollution conditions began in 2001 and Save Maumee began bank-stabilization projects in 2005 to begin the slow process of reversing years of pollution.
Watch our Earth Day Video from 2010!
What else has been going on?
*Tree removal on Fort Wayne riverbanks due to potential levee disturbance: Save Maumee’s Response
*Saints on the Streets in Fort Wayne supporting cleaner waterways by encouraging homeless to clean up their streambanks…Save Maumee is proud that other groups and excited to know that other groups are working for the cause.
* HR 872 passed in the House: This exempts pesticides users who spray over water from obtaining a Clean Water Act permit. It will allow our waters to be polluted with high levels of pesticides which will damage public health and the environment. This legislation is a disaster.
Grand Lake St. Mary’s died in Ohio, so how is land application of industrial waste products being passed in Indiana HB 1112? This will allow a variance from previously illegal land application of industrial waste products that were adopted by the water pollution control board for safety of citizens! Another article may explain why this bill has been introduced.
* Save Maumee & other environmental groups made it to Washington D.C. for 2011 Clean Water Week! – See what we said
* Save Maumee has created a Public Service Announcement, and eagerly await play circulation!
* Our Save Maumee Presented at the Dash-In: Sounds of Saturn & Les Nester and brought in enough money to buy an entire bag of Midwestern Prairie Grass @ $530 per acre – we will be placing this under the erosion control mats! Thank you everyone for making a GREAT evening with FREEBEE giveaways from: Green Dog, Neuhouser Nursery, Hall’s, Fort Wayne Outfitters/Bike Depot & Save Maumee goodies!
* Find out when the sewers discharge in Fort Wayne Rivers: To receive an alert email from City of Fort Wayne click here
* IF you think that The Maumee River is disgusting, this may give us a fresh perspective!
Other Happenings Around Town
April 29 through May 8th – BUY A PAIR OF SHOES – Come on in to Fort Wayne Outfitters / Bike Depot and buy a pair of Patagonia Shoes! (rumored to be the most environmentally friendly shoes on Earth). These two businesses are donating proceeds from sales of Patagonia Shoes to Save Maumee!
April 16 – Annual Eagle Marsh Clean-Up from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn for this annual clean-up to help remove litter from our restored habitats. Plants, wildlife and hikers will benefit. Please wear boots and bring gloves.
April 22 – Earth Day Tree Planting from 3:30pm to 4:30pm –
Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn. A tree planting at the largest habitat restoration project in the area is a wonderful way to spend some time on Earth Day. Join us to plant native trees and shrubs at Eagle Marsh. Please call 260-478-2515.
April 27th – Community-based Green Infrastructure FREE public webinar, you can use Save Maumee as your watershed group!
Register here
April 29 – Arbor Day Tree Planting at Eagle Marsh from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Senator Richard Lugar is sponsoring a tree planting at the largest habitat restoration project in the area to celebrate national Arbor Day. Plant native trees and shrubs in areas at Eagle Marsh. Please call 260-478-2515 or email b.yankowiak@lrwp.org if you will be bringing a group or if you are interested in being a team leader.
April 30th & May 1st – Sol-Fest at Fox Island Celebrating the outdoors with food, music & sun. If you want to participate in the fun or run a booth. Check it out http://allencountyparks.org/parks/fox-island/sol-fest-2008/
3rd Tuesday of every month – Green Drinks is looking for someone to organize Fort Wayne Green Drinks! Please email Julia Gorrel at greendrinksfortwayne@gmail.com or 260.418.0071
June 25, 2011 – Riverfest on the banks of the St. Joe at IPFW! Fun includes sea plane & water ski show, pontoon/kayak/canoe trips, fireworks, live entertainment on the rivers. Come & Celebrate the positive things about our rivers! – Steel Dynamics Inc. is title sponsor for RiverFest, sitting at the table with Save Maumee we look forward to the transparancy of business practices improve the health and wealth of our rivers! Call Dan Wire (260) 580-7415 to get involved or check out://ipfwriverfest.org/
September 17, 2011- Save Maumee’s 5th Annual Canoe Clean Up, Can YOU Clean Up?
11am- 4pm Free canoes from Fort Wayne Outfitters Bike Depot with ID. Spend a fun day with family and friends on the river cleaning up and educating yourself! Canoe Clean-Up Details HERE
October 4 OR 24, 2011- Save Maumee’s 4th Annual Seed Harvest at Fox Island Nature Preserve 1pm – 4pm, exact date to be announced depending harvesting availability. Seed Harvest Details HERE
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Why Save Maumee chooses Earth Day?
“So long as the human species inhabits the Earth, proper management of its resources will be the most fundamental issue we face. Our very survival will depend upon whether or not we are able to preserve, protect and defend our environment. We are not free to decide about whether or not our environment “matters.” It does matter, apart from any political exigencies. We disregard the needs of our ecosystem at our mortal peril.” ~
~~U.S. Senator & Congressman Gaylord Nelson ~ Earth Day Founder [EPA JOURNAL, April 1980]
Our group is citizen driven only and 100% volunteer.
Thank you for your interest and caring about our local waterways! We ALL live downstream!
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