Owatonna

Dues:  $67.50 Individual, $95.00 Family,*$28.00 Student, *$14.80 Youth *2016 rates

Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 6:30 PM (meal), 7:30 PM (program & meeting)

Chapter mailing address:

Chapter Established:  04/23/1926

Date of last review or update:  12/12/2016

• Woody's Reserve - Own and maintain about 100 acres of native prairie and woods located 6 miles south of Owatonna on CR 45

• Cooperate with Owatonna Public Schools to create and maintain Pollinator/Rain Garden at Owatonna Middle School and Lincoln Elementary School

• Ahlborn Woods Wildlife Area - 21+ acres of woodland and restored prairie

• Operate the Alfred F. Reding Environmental Education Center

• Own and maintain public access to Oak Glen Lake & Minnesota Hwy. 218 Wildflower Route

• Adopt a Highway (Minnesota Hwy. 218) - 4 miles

• Cooperate with Owatonna College and University Center to restore 4 acres of prairie

• Cooperates with Friends of Rice Lake State Park to host Rummage Sale in October.

• Undeveloping 4 1/2 acres of native prairie at Ulrich Acres

• Adopt a River (MDNR), the Izaak Walton Creek. Cooperates with Owatonna HS students to clean twice/year and remove invasive species.

• Fundraise to purchase 45 acres of wetland to add to Somerset Wildlife Management Area (WMA) - the project is completed as of 9/2010 with help from Lessard Outdoor Heritage Funds ($180,000)

• Make annual contributions to the Minnesota Division Scholarship Fund and Legacy Fund and also the Izaak Walton Camp at Deep Portage Learning Center

• Provides leadership on state Board of Directors and Scholarship Committee

• Provides leadership on the National Board of Directors

• Sponsors and financially supports a Cub Scout pack that meets in the Reding Center (to the information about the Reding Center)

• For rental information, contact Ted Mittelstedt @ (507) 451-7946 or (507) 339-5720

• Chapter is planning for 100-year anniversary with a six-month display at Steele County History Center in 2026

• Works with 4-H to maintain Oak Glen Rest Area and offers awards for outstanding projects at Steele Co. Free Fair

President: Ted Mittelstadt

Internal VP: Cherry Schwartz

External VP: Randy Balausky

Secretary:  Gary Schwartz

Treasurer:  Walt Spindler

Membership Secretary: Ted Mittelstadt

State Director: Gary Schwartz

Conservation Issues Chair: Cherry Schwartz

Education Chair: Cherry Schwartz

Environmental Education Chair: Nels Thompson

Outdoor Ethics Chair: Open

Save Our Streams Chair: Dennis Ebeling

Shooting Sports Coordinator: Gerald Meixner

Sustainability Education Chair: Gerald Wacek

Newsletter Editor: Gary Schwartz

Media Outreach Chair: Audrey Schroht