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Conservation

Tama Co. Conservation Summer Events Calendar

All events are free unless otherwise noted. Questions? Call Tama Co. Naturalist Raina Genaw at 641-484-2231 or email rgenaw@tamacounty.org. Friday, July 7: Bug Catching from noon to 2 p.m. at T.F. Clark Park. Catch some bugs and learn about them with a naturalist! Bug nets, containers, ...

Union students help increase plant diversity at Irvine Prairie

Almost 80 students from Union High School joined forces with staff of the Tallgrass Prairie Center, AmeriCorps service members, and UNI students on May 25 to transplant more than 2,300 native plants at Irvine Prairie located in rural Dysart. Under the direction of TPC staff and Union science ...

Torres wins Tama SWCD 2023 Stewardship Week poster contest

DYSART - Dysart-Geneseo Elementary fourth-grader Gage Torres was recently announced as the D-G winner of the Tama Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual Stewardship Week poster contest which celebrated the theme ‘One Water.’ Torres was awarded a $10 prize. His poster is ...

Camping update, new naturalist top agenda at Conservation meeting

TOLEDO – As the lake restoration project nears its final stages at Otter Creek Lake and Park, amenities including the campgrounds, playground, and parking are undergoing updates of their own, according to Conservation Director Stephen Mayne. During the monthly meeting of the Tama Co. ...

Irvine Prairie lights up the sky

A controlled burn was conducted by members of UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) last week Tuesday on a roughly 20 acre tract of the Irvine Prairie as part of ongoing restorative work at the rural Dysart prairie-in-progress. After having to reschedule a couple of times due to poor ...

Camping, cooking, coding and more

Tama County 4-H is excited to offer these summer programs to all youth of Tama County. Find all these camps and registration forms on our website at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/tama/youth-programs. Junior Camp Tama County will join Grundy and Marshall County in a camp for those ...

Making every day Earth Day at Viola Irvine Nature Preserve

DYSART – One of the best ways to enjoy the outdoors this time of year is to take a woodland walk in search of spring ephemerals – and there’s no better place to do so than in Dysart’s own urban woodland, the Viola Irvine Nature Preserve. With the guidance of local conservationist ...

Tama SWCD celebrates 82nd Annual Soil and Water Conservation Week!

The Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is excited to celebrate the 82nd Annual Soil and Water Conservation Week April 30 through May 7, 2023! The 2023 Soil and Water Conservation Week theme is “One Water” to raise awareness of how important it is to protect our water ...

Individual cited for felling trees at Chelsea boat launch

An individual was recently cited by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources for illegally cutting trees at Duffus Landing – also known as the Chelsea boat launch – following an investigation by Tama County Conservation staff. During the April 5 conservation board meeting, Director Stephen ...