September 28, 2009
In This Issue:
of Wisconsin, eat some great
grass-fed beef, sip a fine Wisconsin craft brew or two, and learn about
farmer Dick Cates' great river-friendly animal husbandry at "Barbeque
on the Banks." Join us Saturday, Oct. 3, 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Cates
Family Farm near Spring Green. Cost is $30, with proceeds going to
support River Alliance programs. Click here for more information and to register!
It's not too late to submit your photos for the River Alliance
of Wisconsin’s third annual photography competition. Many amazing pictures of
Wisconsin’s glorious rivers have been submitted and we are very
excited to see such talent, but don’t be intimidated by the quality of
the pictures. Just a reminder, we would also love to see pictures of
people enjoying these rivers. There is still plenty of time to enter,
so get your cameras out and join River Alliance's Flickr™ group!
The
winner will receive a framed autographed print of “Birchbarks” by Ferdy
Goode. “Birchbarks” is a print of Ferdy Goode’s 1998 photograph of his
own birchbark canoes taken with a Kodak Brownie camera. The picture of
these canoes on the bank of a northwoods lake is so breathtakingly
beautiful it is difficult to believe it is not a painting.
The winning image will be featured on the cover of the River Alliance of Wisconsin’s Newsletter, Wisconsin Rivers, this winter and on our website. The two runners up will be featured inside the newsletter.
How to Enter
To enter one or more images, upload your photo(s) to the River Alliance's Flickr™ group. If you are not familiar with Flickr, do not fret -- it is easy.
Or, if you prefer, you can email each photo, one at a time to Laura MacFarland. Include your name, email, address, and brief description of the subject of your photo and where it was taken.
The Fine Print
Photo
submissions must be uploaded by 11:59 pm Central Standard Time on
October 16, 2009. You retain ownership and full rights to all images
submitted, but grant us the right to use your images in support of the
River Alliance of Wisconsin’s mission (e.g. publications, website,
mailing, etc.)
Click here to vote! To find the Canoes on Wheels program, select the "Community" tab and scroll down.
The Canoes on Wheels program provides eight canoes, life vests and paddles, and a canoe trailer for schools and youth groups to use at no cost to support grade 9-12 curriculums; provides free educator workshops to help teachers and instructors learn how to manage canoe outings; and integrates activity-based aquatic ecology, history, and phy- ed activities into a no-child-left-indoors curriculum.
This year’s group
included 20 canoeists from age 15
to 65, and from a number of countries, including Chile, Holland, and
India. Dubbed the “Red & Black Canoe Excursion,” the group is made
up of union, community, environmental and peace activists. Total
collection this year for the River Alliance: $315.00.We thank River Alliance member Ron Kaminkow for this clever idea of raising money for the River Alliance.
If you do a similar annual fishing, paddling or “weekend on the river” outing with friends, we’d be pleased if you took the Red & Black Canoe Excursion’s example.
The River Rat has been chewing and sipping on lots of topics: spiny water fleas, cows pooping in well water, and a dying river. Check it out.
