In Honor of the 40^th Anniversary of The Wilderness Act

The Iowa Project on Place Studies at The University of Iowa and

The Agrestal Fund of The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation present

“A Celebration of Wild Iowa”

A Symposium and Conversation on What the Wild in Iowa Is and Can Be

Thursday, October 7, 2004

2:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

South Room, Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa

Visual Art by Mark Müller, Larry Mendenhall, and Elizabeth Hill

A Panel-led Discussion featuring Elizabeth Hill (author of Hiking Iowa), Cornelia F. Mutel (University of Iowa), Robert Sayre (University of Iowa, Johnson County Heritage Trust), and Robert Sessions  (Kirkwood Community College)

Music by Dave Moore

A Reading by Steve Semken, from his new book The Great Blues

America’s Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie, A Film with Discussion by producer Daryl Smith (University of Northern Iowa)

Registration (required) is $20 and includes a vegetarian buffet dinner (deadline October 1).  Film screening is open to the public.

Registration form available at www.uiowa.edu/~ipops/wildiowa or contact Thomas Dean, The University of Iowa, (319)335-1995, thomas-k-dean@uiowa.edu.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events.  If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Thomas Dean in advance at (319)335-1995.