Show and Tell at Prairie Preview

Over the past few months, I’ve offered suggestions on how to adapt ergonomic pack frames for carrying heavy or awkward objects used in conservation/recreation. These included:

• A better backpack sprayer

• A kayak portaging pack frame

• A propane weed burner pack frame

In case you might be interested in how these different applications have been assembled or how they fit you, I will bring the above three to Prairie Preview on the evening of March 9th for show and tell, and you can play with them. And if you want to consider some other application, let’s discuss it there.

Note that this year’s Prairie Preview is at a new location, we’ve outgrown our last place, again. This year we’ll be at the Clarion Highlander, located near the intersection of Interstate 80 and Hwy 1. I will probably be in the outer lobby with my gear.

We’ve had more than 30 years gathering together for conservation networking and this year Steve Hendrix will offer his perspective on the “Wild Bees of Iowa: Hidden Diversity in the Service of Conservation.” And if you want to know more about the evolution of Prairie Preview and local conservation, we offer a History of Prairie Preview.

Hope to see you there, and no, we have not found another armadillo.