Volunteers Needed! We need your help as we are hosting the State Division.  Can you make a dish, donate some food, or help host? Please contact Paul Erdmann if you can help out! Email: pwerdmann@yahoo.com

More Info on the MN Division Meeting can be found here: http://www.minnesotaikes.org/Izaak/meetings.html

January 27 - Friday evening
7:00 - 9:30 PM Wine & Cheese & Beer
get-together $10/person at the door
Minnesota Valley Chapter, 6601 Auto Club Rd.,
Bloomington, MN 55438, (952)944-1423

January 28 - Saturday
All Saturday events at:
REI-Bloomington, 750 W American Blvd.

9am Set Up/Doors open

9:30am-3:30pm Division Meeting & Strategic Planning

5pm Potluck Dinner (provided by Bush Lake Chapter)

Programs 6:30pm

6:30 Protecting Fragile Public Lands in Southern Utah and Throughout the US. Barry Drazkowski and John Siekmeir talk about efforts to protect Utah’s Red Rock Wilderness and Bear’s Ear Wilderness areas and efforts by the state of Utah and incoming administration to open up the area to oil and gas drilling. Parallels to the fight against sulfide mining in the BWCA will also be explored.

7:30 DAPL Protests- Mobilizing Worldwide Opposition to Pipelines and Climate Catastrophe: Speakers from MN350.org and Minnesota Izaak Walton League members will talk about the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Several IKEs involved in opposition to the Sandpiper Pipeline across Northern Minnesota will also share their experiences.