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<br /> [Soil and Water Conservation District serving Anoka County]
<br /> Volume 2, Number 1 - January 1994
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<br /> The National Association of Conservation Districts
<br /> (NACD) and Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Minnesota
<br /> Earth Team Award for 1993 was presented to the Anoka
<br /> Conservation District (ACD)/Blaine Soil Conservation ,
<br /> Service(SCS)December6,at the Minnesota Association of ,.
<br /> Conservation Districts (MASWCD) Annual Convention in
<br /> St. Cloud.
<br /> 5th grade Rice Lake Elementary students at the edge of a wetland
<br /> investigating areas for school nature project.
<br /> Rice Lake Elementary school staff members, student council,
<br /> parents, DNR, Lino Lakes Parks Department, and interested
<br /> persons from other agencies have been working together to plan a
<br /> school nature area next to the school for students to experience
<br /> hands on training outdoors.
<br /> A The committee is chaired by Christopher Feider,naturalist at the
<br /> Wargo Nature Center.Active members include: Paula Andrzejewski,
<br /> Ed Musielewicz(left),Blaine District Conservationist and 5th grade teacher; Jane Greenberg, Bell Museum; Marty Asleson,
<br /> John Anderson,ACD Chairman, Board of Supervisors forester;Karen Jornlin,Anoka Conservation District;Art W iderstrom,
<br /> DNR; Rice Lake Elementary Principal, Dan Kelly;Fred Rozumalski,
<br /> The award is presented to the most effective Earth Team in a soil and water conservation district (SWCD) landscape architect, and parents, Cindy Ellers and Theresa Leahy.
<br /> which demonstrates shared leadership among district The area proposed for the School in the Woods program is 55
<br /> officials, SCS employees and Earth Team Volunteers. acres including the school buildings. Some ideas are to restore parts
<br /> Volunteers worked a total of 886 hours resulting in a 277 of the land to native prairie grasses, plant native trees and shrubs,
<br /> percent increase of volunteer hours served to the previous build awalkway to the lake,provide more animal shelters and feeding
<br /> fiscal year. stations, clean up the pond, create a butterfly garden, and other
<br /> There are 91 SWCD's in Minnesota. ACD/SCS will go interesting plans. Ms. Andrzejewski's fifth grade class already has
<br /> on to compete in the National Convention held this January set up wood duck and bluebird houses in the area.
<br /> in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Art Widerstrom,DNR, Rice Lake Elementary is the
<br /> The Blaine SCS and ACD office had volunteers from only school forest committee to have student members.
<br /> th,QJ,,R,etired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Anoka The Rice Lake Elementary Nature Committee is looking for
<br /> C ty and University of Minnesota Natural Resource ways to fund this project. Several grants have been applied for,
<br /> students. parent-student fund raising ideas, donation requests, and a
<br /> All programs and services are available without regard
<br /> to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital suggestion box has been set up in the library. If you are interested
<br /> status, or handicap. to know of others who may help, call Rice Lake Elementary at
<br /> 780-7695. Ask for Paula Andrzejewski or Dan Kelly.
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