Community leaders and decision makers are invited to attend Clayton County Energy District’s Solar Energy For Non-taxable Entities…Let’s Get Started Workshop & Vendor Fair Friday May 4th | Keystone AEA, 1400 N. 2nd St, Elkader Paying less for energy = more for your mission = better for the community = better for the world The workshop […]
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Milkweed Planted – Greenhouse space Wanted!
It might not look like spring out the window, but milkweed and other pollinator plant seeds were planted today! The plants will be given away at the 4th Annual Music & Monarchs Festival, Saturday May 12 in Elkader. If you know of some extra greenhouse space…let us know! Share This:
Tickets on Sale for the “Them Coulee Boys” Music & Monarchs Fundraising Concert
Music and Monarchs Friday Night Fundraiser for The Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network and The Volga City Opera House. This years fundraiser features live music by Them Coulee Boys with special guests Flash in a Pan and Randal Sandersfeld. Fri, May 11, 2018 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM CDT Volga City Opera House 701 Washington St. Volga, […]
On March 26, Make Clayton County’s Voice Heard to FUND THE TRUST!
We’ve been fighting the good fight and our cause is still very much alive! As our Governor and State Senators and Representatives consider tax reform, this is the time to remind them of their responsibility to FUND THE TRUST and to encourage them to act. BE PART OF OUR DAYS OF ACTION MARCH 19-MARCH 27 […]
Sound the Alarm to Senators! Stop Iowa Senate File No. 2311
Sound the Alarm to Senators! Stop Iowa Senate File No. 2311 With the possibility of a vote early NEXT WEEK, a few Iowa Senators have introduced legislation to curtail all energy efficiency requirements, including tree plantings!! Iowa has required utilities carry out energy efficiency programs. With Iowa losing trees to emerald ash borer, maintaining tree canopy in towns […]
Fill the Rotunda with Umbrellas to Represent Tree Canopy!
Fill the Rotunda with Umbrellas to Represent Tree Canopy! Iowa Trees and Forests Day Wednesday, March 7 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Iowa State Capitol Building Des Moines, Iowa Here’s your chance to talk to legislators face-to-face! Join us for these important conversations AND for a special simulation of a tree canopy using umbrellas. At 11:30, […]
Clayton County Residents Help Plan Your Future!
Please take a few minutes to complete the Clayton County Comprehensive Plan Survey. Your input will help the countywide comprehensive plan steering committee understand what residents want the future of Clayton County to look like, and will help the county identify goals and strategies to guide planning and development in the coming years. Complete the […]
Fund the Trust Day was well represented – Sen Breitbach does NOT support funding the Trust
For the 7th year in a row, on Monday, February 10th, Iowan’s poured into the State Capitol to, once again, express their desire for the state legislature to fund the Iowa Natural Resource and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, by raising the state’s sale tax. Whenever the sales tax is raised the Iowa State Constitution requires […]
Clayton County Wants to #FundtheTrust – Join Us at the Capitol!
On Monday, February 12, we’re headed to the Capitol to let our legislators know that after years of waiting, it’s time to fund the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. We are on the verge of better water quality and natural resources protection for generations to come, and you can help! Here are the details: What: Fund the […]
Local Organizations and Neighbors ask the EPA to intervene on the Walz Energy Project
Clayton County CAN and some 40 individuals and groups have asked the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to more closely monitor the potential impacts of the Walz Energy commercial feedlot and biogas manufacturing operation being developed in the watershed of Bloody Run Creek, east of Monona. The location of the project is in an […]
Support for Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund Soars
Statewide Poll: Seven-in-ten Iowans favor 3/8 cent sales tax as solution Des Moines, Iowa — As Iowa’s elected leaders make water quality measures and tax reform top priorities in 2018, a coalition of conservation, outdoor recreation, and agriculture leaders today released results of a statewide scientific poll showing a record number of likely Iowa voters […]
Mark your Calendar: Fund the Trust Day
Join us at the Capitol. It’s time to fund the Trust! On Monday, February 12, we’re headed to the Capitol to let our legislators know that after years of waiting, it’s time to fund the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. We are on the verge of better water quality and natural resources protection for generations to […]
Guttenberg Eagle Watch
Guttenberg’s Eagle Watch & Cabin Fever Day Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Marina Visitor Center Share This:
OP-ED: State Senator Rob Hogg “Iowa needs real action for water solutions”
This is a reprinted guest editorial by State Senator Rob Hogg. It ran 01/07/18 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette These are not normal times, with real concerns about interference in our elections by a hostile foreign power, powerful voices seeking to legitimize sexist, racist and other discriminatory actions at a level not seen in decades, […]
Family Night: Astronomy event at the Driftless Area Wetlands Centre
Family Astronomy Night event at the Driftless Area Wetlands Centre on Friday, February 16th from 6:00-8:30pm. Share This:
Presentation: This is Your Land – Clayton County Conservation
Tuesday, January 23rd 5:30 p.m. Osborne Nature Center “Maybe you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry the deed to 635 million acres of public lands.” -John Garamendi Public Lands are a defining feature of American life. Millions of citizens each year visit the most extraordinary treasures […]