Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholders Network, www.umbsn.org
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Ph: 507-457-6603
Fx: 507-457-6604
Contact: John Gabbert (umbsn@smumn.edu)
[Text of this news release is available at http://www.umbsn.org/private_lands/newsAug9.htm.]
News Release,
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Complimentary T-Shirt or Cap for Brief Conservation or Rural History Story
The Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network (UMBSN; http://www.umbsn.org) is offering a limited number of quality embroidered t-shirts and caps to contributors who submit 200-250 word stories:
* about recent successes in soil and water conservation, or
* about rural family history related to settling and farming the land, or
* about history related to water issues in rural towns and in cities.
If your watershed eventually
drains into the
The Upper Mississippi Basin
Stakeholder Network is a network for organizations and individuals interested
in the upper basin's soil and water conservation issues, the loss of sediment
and nutrients, and the related effects on water quality. The stakeholders
include farm organizations, environmental organizations, watershed management
alliances, county soil and water conservation districts, landowners, tribes,
and federal and state agencies in
The Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholders Network (UMBSN) is a McKnight Foundation grant-funded project of the Department of Resource Analysis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota.
Send your submissions electronically to: Stories <umbsn@smumn.edu>, or by regular mail to:
John Gabbert
Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholders Network
700 Terrace Heights, #7
Winona, MN 55987
Please include your name, address, and phone number, and your preference for a cap or a t-shirt (100% cotton) in size S, M, L, XL, or XXL.
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