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Loess Hills of Iowa

The statements below are our opinions.
Many of you may have recently read the story regarding the Omaha Convention
Center and the need for fill dirt for the building site. It was reported in
several newspapers that the company suppling dirt for the project was going
to avoid using fill dirt from the Loess Hills landform. This was a welcome
turn of events, given that the Loess Hills Preservation Society had
unsuccessfully worked for months to convince the City of Omaha to require

their contractor to go outside the landform and that there are no laws
against such activity. The excavating company voluntarily agreed to obtain
the fill from a site outside the Loess Hills. Well, unfortunately this has
turned out not to happen. By using subcontractors the excavating company
is indeed obtaining its dirt from a site within Council Bluffs -- in the Loess Hills. While I realize
these companies are within their legal rights to excavate Loess Hills fill
dirt, this is evidence that public policy must change if we are to see an end
to the indiscriminate mining taking place within the Loess Hills. Please
take the time to contact the people listed below and express your concerns
over the continued destruction of the Loess Hills. We need to implement
sound strategies to avoid this disaster. If you support the idea that
excavating the Loess Hills for fill dirt should be regulated, please contact
one of the people on the list.


Mayor Tom Hanafan, Council Bluffs (Support Preservation)
City Hall
209 Pearl Street
Council Bluffs Iowa 51503 4270
712 328 4601

Mayor Hal Daub, Omaha
1819 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68183
402 444 5000
mayordaub@ci.omaha.ne.us

Omaha City Council
1819 Farnam
Suite LC-1
Omaha, NE 68183
402 444 5520

Council Bluffs City Council
City Hall
209 Pearl Street
Council Bluffs Iowa 51503 4270

State Senator Steve Hansen,( Supports preservation)
3401 Militey Road
Sioux City Iowa 51103
712 258 8094
steven_hansen@legis.state.ia.us

State Senator Mike Gronstal, (Supports preservation)
220 Bennett Ave.
Council Bluffs Iowa 51503
712 328 2808
michael_gronstal@legis.state.ia.us

State Representative Donna Barry
3596 111th St
Dunlap Iowa 51529
712 643 5745
donna_barry@legis.state.ia.us

State Representative Brad Hansen,
1015 Shoal Pointe Dr
Carter Lake Iowa 51510
712 347 2994
brad_hansen@legis.state.ia.us


State Representative Brent Siegrist,
204 lori Lane
Council Bluffs Iowa 51503
712 256 3826
brent_siegrist@legis.state.ia.us

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Glenn Pollock
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