Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

RAVE Update

Posted on September 12, 2014 at 10:00 AM by Taylor Eisenhauer

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In anticipation of our upcoming RAVE, we thought we'd share our success stories from our first two RAVE days!

Look at how much of an impact you can have in just a short amount of time!

1st RAVE: Trash pick-up on bikes along the Des Moines River Trail. This was followed by a social gathering at Mullet’s Restaurant.

  • Work accomplished: One truck-load of trash (including 4 tires!) collected in 90 minutes.

2nd RAVE: Honeysuckle removal (an invasive plant) from off-road trails followed by a social gathering at The Miller High Life Lounge.

  • Work accomplished: One dump-truck full of honeysuckle wood-chips, and a lot of excitement in 90 minutes.

When's the next RAVE? September 16th!

Deemed “The Tacopacolypse Trash Challenge”, this RAVE will involve a trash pick-up and a prairie harvest during the weekly “Taco Ride” along the Great Western Trail out of Des Moines. It’s simple: Do conservation work along the trail, get a free taco (and other goodies) at the end. This will be a partner RAVE with INHF, Polk County Conservation, Warren County Conservation, Tacopacolypse, the Iowa Distililng Company, The Cumming Tap and Culvers.

For questions on the event contact RAVE@inhf.org

Enjoy some pictures from our events so far!

Adam

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