[Riverweb] Clean Water Action Alert

[Kim Erndt]

Illinois Clean Water Action Alert for May 18, 2007

The Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn periodically sends out Action
Alerts to provide information on meetings, news and action items, events,
and other useful information on issues of clean water, the Illinois River
Coordinating Council, Great Lakes, and other initiatives from Lt. Gov. Pat
Quinn.   


Topics covered in today's Action Alert:
1.	National Safe Boating Week
2.	Fox Rescue - River Cleanup
3.	Illinois Byway Alliance Website
4.	Budweiser Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation Research Prize
5.	Clean Water Tip of the Day

National Safe Boating Week
May 19-25th is National Safe Boating Week. The theme for this year's North
American Safe Boating Campaign is \"Wear it!" and focuses on promoting life
jacket use. Information about the North American Safe Boating Campaign and
events taking place in Illinois and the U.S. are available at
www.safeboatingcampaign.net. 

Spring Fox Rescue 2007

Semi-annual River Cleanup
Our Spring Fox Rescue River Cleanup is set for Saturday, May 19. Join us at
a river cleanup on the Fox River or one of its tributaries.
Fox Rescue cleanup sites have been set up in Aurora, Algonquin, Batavia,
Carpentersville, Elgin, Geneva, Montgomery and Oswego. 
For more information, call Jessi DeMartini, Fox Rescue Coordinator, at
630-871-7548 or jdemartini at dupageforest.com. Or visit the website at:
www.friendsofthefoxriver.org


Illinois Byways Alliance Website

The Illinois Byways Alliance has a website!  The following link will take
you to a very simplistic site giving you brief descriptions and links to
each of Illinois' seven scenic byways.   We may have more information on the
site in the future, but for now it serves as a link to all of the Illinois
scenic byways. Visit www.illinoisbyways.org to view the site.
 

Budweiser Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation Research Prize

Deadline: June 29, 2007

Anheuser-Busch ( http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ ) and the  National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation ( http://www.nfwf.org/ )  are accepting applications for
the Budweiser Renewable Energy  and Wildlife Conservation Research Prize.

The prize, which is new, will be awarded through a competitive process and
will recognize and support a single innovative project that advances new
technologies or practices that contribute to making renewable energy a
practical energy alternative. The  $100,000 prize will be awarded in
consideration of a project\'s ability to develop or evaluate new
cost-effective renewable energy technologies or practices for industrial
applications and demonstrate the measurable benefits such practices may have
in advancing wildlife conservation.
 
Eligibility for the research prize is limited to accredited post-secondary
academic institutions, with preference given to those working
collaboratively among different departments within an institution(s) and
with public agencies and nonprofit organizations.
 
The Request for Proposal is available at the NFWF Web site.
 
 RFP Link: 
 http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10007023/nfwf

 For additional RFPs in Environment, visit:
 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_environment.jhtml

 


Clean Water Tip of the Day

Leave grass clippings on the grass to reduce evaporation of water and
insulate the soil from heat.


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