Fish & Fire - April 24, 2010
River Action's 8th Annual Fish & Fire
at Moline's Riverstation on Bass St. Landing
- Adult Dinners $30 each
- Children 8-16 $12 each
- Tables of 8 persons $200
The day's events will include:
- 9 a.m.-noon: BioBlitz at Moline's Greenvalley Nature Preserve. Help document habitat and wildlife by photographing and journaling plant and wildlife species.
- 5 p.m.: Social Hour (cash bar)
- 6 p.m.: Catfish Dinner
- 10th Annual Eddy Awards
- Silent Auction with more than 75 items
Join us for the 2010 Henry Farnam Dinner March 12
You are cordially invited to the Seventh Annual Quad Cities Henry Farnam Dinner celebrating two significant Quad Cities sesquicentennial events: The 1860 formations of the Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann Lumber Company and the founding of Augustana College.
Owned by the Van Sant Towing Company, the Lydia Van Sant was rebuilt from the Netta Durant at LeClaire in 1899 and used as a bow boat with the J. W. Van Sant. - Photo courtesy of Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre, Davenport, IA
The dinner will be March 12, 2010 at the i Wireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline, IL.
Cocktails (cash bar) and displays - 5:30 p.m.
Dinner - 6:30 p.m.
Program - 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $40 per person. A reserved table of 10 is $375.
The lumber industry was fundamental to the nineteenth century vitality of Mississippi River towns in the Quad Cities area. Logs were harvested in Wisconsin and Minnesota and floated down the river for milling in Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, Muscatine, and Clinton. The Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann Lumber Company, formed in 1860 in Rock Island, was one of the most important and influential companies in this industry.
Augustana College, another historically important Quad Cities institution, was also founded in 1860. Today Augustana plays a major role in the cultural and educational fabric of the Quad Cities area and will continue to do so in the future. One of many ways that Augustana embraces its history is through ownership and maintenance of House on the Hill, the historic Weyerhaeuser mansion.
Host for the evening will be Charles Mahaffey, Professor of Geography at Augustana. The evening’s program will begin with a pictorial history of nineteenth-century Midwestern logging, lumber rafts, and lumber milling presented by Henry Farnam Committee member Gayle Rein.
Plan to attend Upper Mississippi River Conference
Participate in roundtable charettes* addressing river communities' needs, facilitated by Ed Freer of JJR, Madison, Wisconsin, with assistance from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Special programs also will be offered on environmental education.
A tentative commitment has been received from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to be our featured guest speaker. Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, was named to the ag post last year by President Obama.
All Upper Mississippi River stakeholders are invited to attend.
*A charrette is a design and planning exercise involving real-time collaboration of citizens, professionals, public officials and experts from a diversity of disciplines and backgrounds focused on developing a solution to a proposed project. Project proposals selected as the topic of a charrette at the UMRC will be specific to a municipality, but will involve issues and challenges that are shared by other cities within the Mississippi River watershed.
'Go Green' with a River Action gift membership
Give friends, family members or business associates a $10 introductory membership to River Action.
New members receive:
- A beautiful full-color 2010 ‘Great People - Great River’ calendar (compliments of Valley Bank).
- A member window decal.
- Our quarterly RiverWay newsletter.
- Free admission to Riverine Walks, part of the 2010 ‘Explore the River’ Education Program.
- A free 1-year subscription to QC Magazine.
Help build environmental awareness about our Mississippi River and its RiverWay this year with a gift membership to River Action.
CLICK HERE to order your gift membership(s) online.
CLICK HERE to download a gift membership form to fill out and mail to River Action.
New gift memberships include this 2010 calendar 'Great People, Great River.'
College, high school students wanted for River Action Youth Advisory Board
River Action is seeking 10 to 15 dedicated and effective young leaders to join our 2010 Youth Advisory Board.
Please review the information below and if you are interested, CLICK to download the application. Complete the application form and mail to us at P.O. Box 963, Davenport, IA 52803. Or, open the form online, fill in the form fields and email the completed application to: riveraction@riveraction.org by March 15.
River Action's mission is: To foster the environmental, economic, and cultural vitality of the Mississippi River and its waterfront in the Quad City Region.
Requirements of the Youth Advisory Board:
- Serve a term on the board for approximately one year. A member can serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms.
- Participation on the board requires a commitment to attend the majority of the meetings throughout the year.
- Be of high school or college standing and remain in the Quad City area throughout the summer.
Participation in the board includes the following:
- Work to promote the understanding and awareness of the Mississippi River and its waterfront among youth.
- Encourage participation in River Action by young people.
- Provide advice to River Action on issues affecting young people now and in the future.
- Promote communication between the youth and adults within the community.
Benefits of joining:
- Learn valuable leadership skills to use in your future.
- See how a not-for-profit organization operates.
- Have a positive impact on the community and the river.
