Prairie Field Day held in Linn County The Linn County Extension and Secondary Roads Department hosted a field on August 14 for acreage-owners interested in native prairie plantings. Over 100 people attended the event which included speakers from several organizations and agencies, a prairie tour, and a compost application demonstration. A 35-acre, LRTF-funded prairie planting, established in 1991 by Lewis Bottoms Rd., provided the setting for the event. The LRTF provided partial funding.

Wetland Workshop

Nine county roadside managers, a county engineer, and other IRVM professionals took part in a wetland workshop held in Clinton and Scott Counties and East Moline, July 24-25. Meg Flenker, of Flenker Land Architecture Consultants in Long Grove, Iowa, provided instruction in wetland plant id, wetland delineation, and monitoring of wetland mitigation plantings. This professional development opportunity was funded by the LRTF.

LRTF Advisory Committee Summer Meeting held in Wall Lake
 

Members of the LRTF Advisory Committee met for their annual summer meeting on July 13. The meeting is an opportunity for the committee to hear presentations from past grant recipients. Several roadside managers attended, including Josh Brandt and Randy Miller, shown here accepting this year's county project excellence award from LRTF Coordinator, Steve Holland.

Iowa Prairie Conference 2007 - Prairies on the Edge

Briar Cliff University in Sioux City hosted Iowa's biennial prairie conference July 13-14. The LRTF provided major funding for the conference, which was attended by over 200 prairie enthusiasts. Various seminars and field trips were offered, including a trip to the Sy Runkel State Preserve, led by Tom Rosberg, below, of Drake University.