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Public Meeting to Discuss Wabash River Assessment
Logansport, Indiana
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 Lower Wabash River © The Nature Conservancy |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Similar meetings will be held in Wabash, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Evansville.
Date:
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Topic:
Wabash River Assessment
Overview:
The Wabash River is a treasure chest of rare and endangered species and a critical migratory path and stop-over area for many bird species. Not only is the Wabash a critical biodiversity resource for Indiana, it is also globally significant, with over 400 occurrences of rare species and communities within the drainage. Directly and through its tributaries, the Wabash River drains roughly 75% of the State of Indiana.
Seventy-three Indiana counties and many southeastern Illinois counties lie within this watershed. Over 700,000 Hoosiers live within 15 miles of the Wabash River.
The Nature Conservancy contracted with the Midwest Biodiversity Institute to synthesize historical data collected from the Wabash River and its major tributaries and used this data to create a comprehensive Wabash River biological assessment. Our meetings along the Wabash are designed
to share the results of this assessment with local communities.
Host:
Milton Cole, local business leader and entrepreneur
Registration/Fee:
This program is free and open to the public. Reservations strongly recommended. Please contact Leslie Warner, (317) 951-8818 or lwarner@tnc.org.
Location:
Logansport Economic Development Foundation Building, 310 S. Pearl Street, Logansport
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