Overview There are more than 200 miles of paved, granular, soft, and single-track trails spread across seven counties in Northeast Iowa. This extensive public trail network make Northeast Iowa a premier biking destination in Iowa and the Midwest and is a significant economic engine for local...
Northeast Iowa RC&D has been awarded the University of Iowa’s 2023 Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact Presidents’ Community Partner Award. Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact is a coalition of fifty-six college and university presidents committed to the civic mission of higher education. This includes educating students...
Public Invited to Provide Input on Upper and Lower Dam Mitigation The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is exploring options for mitigation of the Upper and Lower Dams on the Upper Iowa River. A preliminary public informational session will be held on Thursday, April 20 from...
Fayette County Conservation and the Fayette County Solid Waste Commission were awarded the 2022 Outstanding Interpretative Non-Print Media Award from the Iowa Conservation Education Coalition - ICEC and Iowa Association of Naturalists for the "Mike the Milk Jug and Friends" educational recycling animated videos produced...
Overview Around 465 million years ago, a football-stadium-sized meteor crashed into the shallow seas covering Iowa, leaving a three-mile-wide basin where Decorah now is. The discovery of the fossilized remains of a 6-foot sea scorpion, Pentecopterus decorahensis, within the now-buried Crater basin made international headlines and...
Project Overview The Decorah Farmers Market is a popular destination in Decorah and Winneshiek County on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings from May through October. Many market shoppers are also visiting Decorah as tourists, so they look to the Market vendors or managers for advice and...
Project Overview Nestled along the banks of the Turkey River, the six-story Motor Mill is believed to be the tallest structure of its kind in the Midwest and was constructed out of stone quarried from the surrounding hillsides in 1869. The larger 155-acre Motor Mill site...
Visitors to several local farmers markets across Northeast Iowa may notice a few changes this season. Six markets–Cresco, Decorah, Guttenberg, Independence, Oelwein, and Postville–will be part of a regional project working to ensure the sustainability and success of farmers markets by supporting and enhancing the...
Business owners, entrepreneurs, and community residents in Northeast Iowa are invited to complete surveys regarding re-use of the Waterville Elementary School. Waterville Elementary School was closed in 2018 and the buildings were purchased by the City of Waterville. The City was awarded a Rural Business Development...
Project Overview The Decorah Parks and Recreation Department manages a 20-mile network of soft trails popular with mountain bikers, hikers, and horseback riders. Unfortunately, as this trail system expanded in miles and increased in use over the years, corresponding trail signage, informational kiosks, promotional material, and...