Northeast Iowa RC&D » Environmental Education

Safe Routes to School

Brad — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:13:55 +0000

Funding Provided By Safe Routes to School Program

Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development partnered with 34 schools from 13 school districts in Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties during the 2008-2009 school year to gather baseline data on:

current attitudes and behaviors of students and parents toward walking and biking to [...] Read More

Driftless Area Initiative Project

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:42:31 +0000

This Driftless Area Initiative developed at the request of 48 local, county, state and federal organizations. Northeast Iowa RC&D is working with five other RC&D’s to draw national attention to the Driftless Area, including Limestone Bluffs RC&D Iowa, River Country RC&D Wisconsin, Southwest Badger RC&D Wisconsin, Black Hawk Hills RC&D Illinois, and Hiawatha Valley [...] Read More

Upper Iowa River Watershed – Iowa Geologic Survey Bureau Karst Survey

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:39:39 +0000

Instream Sinkhole

NE IA RC&D provided assistance to the Iowa Geologic Survey Bureau and other partners to conduct a karst survey in the Upper Iowa River Watershed over a three year period. The IGSB provided funding for RC&D Student Interns through a grant from the US Geologic Survey Bureau. NRCS partnered by providing GPS [...] Read More

Clermont Historical Preservation and Revitalization Plan

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:31:23 +0000

Restored Clermont Painted Stage Curtain

The Mission of the CHS is to preserve local historical treasures by discovering, collecting and preserving them. The CHS members volunteered their time, conducting private fund raising and assisting as needed with the project. The fourteen members of this society identified the Larrabee Painted Stage Curtain as their number [...] Read More

Wapsi-Great Western Trail

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:30:09 +0000

NE IA RC&D is working with Howard and Mitchell County Conservation Boards and Boards of Supervisors as well as community leaders from Riceville and Elma to complete a 33 mile multi-use trail that will be the first trail in the state to connect to the Minnesota trails system. The project incorporates community betterment to ensure [...] Read More

Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Project

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:14 +0000

NE IA RC&D assisted partners from five county area of Northeast Iowa with development and writing of a W.K.Kellogg grant. The grant, which was awarded, funded the Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative. NE IA RC&D is administering the planning grant and assisting with implementation. This multi-county effort is identifying avenues for improved human, economic [...] Read More

Northeast Iowa Internship Program – Leadership Development

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:23:29 +0000

The project provides summer interns and partners with institutes of higher learning to provide meaningful work study opportunities. These college internships create connections between young adults and their rural communities by providing professional internship opportunities in Northeast Iowa for Northeast Iowa students. In each instance the students are given opportunities to improve higher level skills [...] Read More

Northeast Iowa Regional Watershed Project

Brad — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:55:53 +0000

The Upper Iowa River Watershed has been recognized on local, state and national levels as an important natural and economic resource. Recognizing the importance of water quality in this sensitive watershed, local agencies, organization and landowners united to form the Upper Iowa River Watershed Alliance. Their mission is to improve the water quality in the [...] Read More

Environmental College for Young Leaders

Brad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:05:04 +0000

Northeast Iowa RC&D has been a leader in regional environmental education for over 15 years. The RC&D helped start several successful education programs including the Environmental College for Young Leaders [Discovery Camps] at Luther College, the Lull’s Park Environmental Haven and the Upper Iowa Valley Quest.

The RC&D has also provided information and [...] Read More

Yellow River Water Trail

Brad — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:10 +0000

Northeast Iowa RC&D is partnering with the Winneshiek County Conservation Board, the Allamakee County Conservation Board, the Iowa DNR Water Trails Program, Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Iowa DNR Regional Fisheries Biologist, the Yellow River State Forester and the Isaacs Walton League to develop a Yellow River Water Trail. NE IA RC&D is working with [...] Read More