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Scott Community College
Environmental Club
www.sccenvironmentalclub.org

Club History

Mark Aronson arrived at SCC in 1984
and formed the Environmental Club in 1988.
Since then, he and the SCC students have been continuously working
to improve the environment at SCC and the surrounding areas.

Fall 1988
SCC Environmental Club was founded

Spring 1990
Smith Island Cleanup Project with Army Corps of Engineers
Forest Restoration Project begins; approximately 1,000 trees planted

Fall 1990 to Fall 1997
Continued Forest Restoration Project, planting approximately 1,000 trees each spring and doing restoration cleanup work each fall

Fall 1993
Published newsletter summarizing Quad-City area environmental activities, and sent it to the local environmental groups

Spring 1994
Established a tallgrass prairie plot on campus
Began regular maintenance of nature trail
Mounted bird boxes and bat boxes; filled bird feeders

Fall 1994
Environmentalist and author Dan Chiras lectured on campus

Spring 1996
Field trip to the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
Started Hosta program with maintenance department to eliminate herbicide on campus

Spring 1997
Assisted maintenance with planting hostas around campus to reduce herbicide

Fall 1997
Environmentalist and author Doug Peacock lectured on campus
Environmentalist and author Dan Chiras visited campus

Spring 1998
Field trip to Walnut Creek (now Neal Smith) National Wildlife Refuge on April 25, 1998
First club website developed and posted at SCC
Mounted goose nest box and bird feeders
Assisted maintenance with planting hostas around campus to reduce herbicide
Club trip to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago

Fall 1998 to Spring 2006
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Fall 2006

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Roadside Cleanups on Highway 67 near LeClaire, Iowa
River Cleanup near Lock & Dam 14

Nahant Marsh volunteer workdays

Sold candy bars and 50/50 raffle tickets as fundraisers

Manned booths at Festival of Trees and National Trails Symposium

IOWATER Wapsipinicon Watershed Snapshot

Environmental Science Club, Fall 2006

Spring 2007

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Sold candy bars and candles as fundraisers.

Helped with the Putnam Museum's IMAX presentation of Kenny Salwey's film
Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat. Mr. Salwey also spoke and signed books.

Assisted the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center with their
Volunteer Stewardship Workday. This event was in cooperation with the
Great American Cleanup 2007 of Keep America Beautiful,
and was in support of Keep Scott County Beautiful.

Environmentalist and author Doug Peacock appeared at the Capitol Theater in Davenport. He spoke and showed excerpts from his films.

The club volunteered at the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition's fourth annual Earth Week Fair at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island.

Removed sod from large sections in back of the campus to add to our prairie restoration project.

Had a Roadside Cleanup on Highway 67 near LeClaire, Iowa.

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Fall 2007

Partnered with Phi Theta Kappa to pick up trash from the campus grounds.

Began regularly attending meetings of the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition.

Had Roadside Cleanups on Highway 67 near LeClaire, Iowa.

Had a River Cleanup near Lock & Dam 14.

Placed wood chips on paths in campus trail system; worked on fixing the bridges.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown
and organic foods sold in the area.

Attended the Putnam Museum's IMAX presentation of Kenny Salwey's film
Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat. Mr. Salwey also spoke and signed books.

Assisted the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center with their annual Ecology Day.

Participated in IOWATER Scott County and Wapsipinicon Watershed Snapshots.

Welcomed Wapsi River Environmental Education Center naturalist Mike Granger as a guest speaker
for one of our meetings. He gave a presentation on furbearing mammals in Iowa.

Volunteered at Quad City Arts' Festival of Trees.

Attended EICCD Chancellor's Initiative on Sustainability Retreat.

Added new bird feeders and increased the frequency of monitoring and maintenance.

Welcomed Wapsi River Environmental Education Center director Dave Murcia as a guest speaker.
He gave an interesting and informative presentation about careers in the environmental field.

Welcomed Todd Trammell, director of ATEEC (Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center), located at the Belmont Campus as a guest speaker for one of our meetings.
He gave a short presentation about what his organization does.
ATEEC is a national center that promotes and supports environmental technology education
to address the needs of the national and global workforce.

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Spring 2008

Sold candy bars as fundraisers. Also sent out fundraising letters to area businesses.

Held campus cleanups.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown
and organic foods sold in the area.

Continued attending meetings of the Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition.

Continued work on bridges in trail system.

Created and staffed a booth at the Earth Week Fair at the QCCA Expo Center.

Planted a serviceberry tree near the future bioswale site.

Installed and maintained a dozen bird feeders on the campus grounds.

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Fall 2008

Sold candy bars as fundraisers.

Held campus cleanups.

Attended local Farmers' Markets to become more aware of the locally-grown
and organic foods sold in the area.

Continued work on bridges in trail system.

Maintained bird feeders on the campus grounds.

Held a pizza party at Old Chicago with Clean Sphere, the environmental club at Black Hawk College,
to discuss possible future partnership endeavors.