[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO ANN SCHREIBER

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ann Schreiber for her 
community leadership and efforts on behalf of the State of Nevada.
  Ann is a founder of the Muddy River Regional Environmental Impact 
Alleviation Committee (MRREIAC). Through Ann, this community based 
organization has contributed greatly to the Overton and Moapa Valley, 
Nevada communities by eradicating tamarisk plants, a non-native species 
to the area. I applaud Ann today for all of her hard work and 
dedication to removing this Western lands nemesis.
  In 1994, MRREIAC was established in order to protect the Muddy River, 
a spring fed river that flows from the upper part of Moapa to Lake 
Mead. During its inception, MRREIAC grappled with ways to remove the 
tamarisk plants that encased the Muddy River and left this important 
water source for rural Nevada a dry bank. A single tamarisk plant can 
consume hundreds of gallons of water daily and their abundance 
throughout the West is a pervasive problem.
  Without being formally educated on the process of how to remove this 
invasive species, Ann sought the assistance of Clark County, Nevada 
Power, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and 
other various volunteer organizations. Through trial and error Ann and 
MRREIAC were able to successfully remove tamarisk plants which had once 
before choked out the native plant species. Today, water flows freely 
down the Muddy River and native species live and thrive.
  I applaud Ann and MRREIAC for their initiative and for successfully 
employing inmates from the Indian Springs Correctional Facility. Not 
only did these inmates receive vital work skills, but they were able to 
contribute to the overall success of MRREIAC's initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Ann Schreiber for her relentless 
dedication to her water conservation efforts and to the safety of her 
community and the State of Nevada. She is an example to all of how one 
person's dedication to a cause can create lasting change. I wish Ann 
all the best on her future endeavors.

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