FORIMMEDIATERELEASE Contact:MarkLanggin ExecutiveDirector Phone:5152443468 mark@groundswellpublicstrategies.com www.iowaswaterandlandlegacy.org PerspectivesPaneltoEmphasizetheImpactofNaturalResourcesFunding IOWACITY,IAIowasWater&LandLegacy(IWILL)isorganizingapaneloflocalconservation andenvironmentalleaderstoexplaintheimportanceoftheNaturalResourcesTrustFundsales taxincreaseandREAP(ResourceEnhancement&Protection).Panelistswillprovide backgroundinformationanduniqueperspectivesontheseprogramsandexplainhowthese programswouldfundcriticalprojectsthatimprovewaterquality,createjobsandhelpprevent futureflooding.

Attheendofthe2013legislativesession,itsimportantthatIowansunderstandwhatsatstake whenitcomestofulfillingourcommitmentstocriticalinfrastructureneedsincluding infrastructurelikeourrivers,lakes,streamsandnaturalareas,saidMarkLanggin,Executive DirectorofIWILL. Thepanelwilltakeplaceat4p.m.onThursday,April18attheIowaCityPublicLibrary(Meeting RoomD).PanelistswillincludeJohnsonCountyConservationBoardDirectorHarryGraves, JohnsonCountySoilandWaterConservationDistrictCommissionerAlexSchmidt,TurnIn PoachersofIowaChairmanandretiredFBIagentDickHeftandPheasantsForeverIowaState CoordinatorTomFuller. Foundedin2010,IowasWater&LandLegacyisanIowabasednonprofitoperatingasaproject oftheIowaNaturalHeritageFoundationandrelatedcoalitionpartnerssuchasTheNature ConservancyandPheasantsForever.IWILLworkstoprotectthewillofIowavotersby safeguardingtheTrustFundandincreasingfundingforconservation.IWILLbringstogetherover 100+sporting,conservation,environmental,andeconomicdevelopmentorganizationsworking togethertopreserveandprotectIowaswealthofnaturalresourcesforfuturegenerations. ###