Natural Resource Commission to meet at Honey Creek

MORAVIA - The Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 8:30 a.m., Oct. 9, at Honey Creek Resort State Park, near Moravia.

Commission and DNR staff will meet at the Honey Creek Resort Lodge at 1 p.m., Oct. 8, for a tour of the area. The tour and the meeting are open to the public.

Members of the commission are Kim Francisco, Elizabeth Garst, Carol Kramer, Gregory Drees, Janelle Rettig, William Bird and Tammi Kircher. The Director of the DNR is Richard Leopold.

The following is the agenda for the October meeting:

•Approve Agenda

•Approve Minutes of Sept. 11 Meeting

•Director’s Remarks

•Honey Creek Resort State Park Monthly Update

•Construction Projects

Pease Creek, Ledges State Park, Boone County. Culvert Guardrail – Nine Eagles State Park, Decatur County -- Cabin Area Utilities, Equestrian Area Water Lost Grove Lake, Scott County -- Consultant Contract for the Redesign of the Dam and Spillways

•Land Acquisition

Tuttle Lake Wetland Complex, Emmet County -- Mark Mitchell and Janet Stoner. Table Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Woodbury County -- Lyle and Frances Mitchell

•Land Management Agreement - East Des Moines River Wildlife Management Area, Kossuth County, Kossuth County Conservation Board

•Land Management Agreement - Colo Bog Wildlife Management Area, Story County – Iowa DNR

•Land Management Agreement - Bruggeman Wildlife Management Area, Black Hawk County -- Black Hawk County Conservation Board

•Request for Title Transfer -- Swan Lake State Park, Carroll County

•Partnership Award - Bruce E. Van Laere, NRCS

•Appeal of Decisions of the Administrative Law Judge: Suspension of the fishing licenses of Joseph L. Gilpin, James L. Gilpin, and John A. Gilpin

•Hardwood Timber Sale Shimek State Forest

•Notice of Intended Action, Chapter 40—Speed & Distance Zoning Burlington

•HUSH Annual Contract with the Food Bank of Iowa

•REAP City Parks and Open Space Grants

•REAP County Conservation Board Grants

•REAP Private Public Cost-Share Grants

•Donations

•General Discussion

•Items for Next Meeting

•Next Meetings: Nov. 13, Marshall County



For more information, contact Kim Rasler, at 515-281-7122

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