CCC crews restore Backbone Lake area in Maquoketa River banks
In Strawberry Point, CCC Save Our Lake leader Harry Powell recalls the 1930s park work as modern crews with Stormont FFA under Dennis Miller and Mike Wade install riverbank hides to shelter trout in the Maquoketa River near Backbone State Park. The effort links to a July reunion and a push for funding to dredge the lake, with a swirling lake design proposed to reduce sediment.
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Deb Wiley
Iowa
Strawberry Point
CCC
Maquoketa River
Harry Powell
34Th St. NF
Cedar Rapids
Stormont Future Farmers of America
Dennis Miller
Iowa State Conservation Fisheries Management
Mike Wade
Manchester
Maquoket
John Noble
Powell
Save Our Lake Group
Linzy Martin
Maquoketa
Martin
FFA
Gazette
Backbone State Park
John Nurre
Tyrone Schmidt
Curt Keppler
Doug Welsh
Greg Parmely
Mike Elsbury
Outdoor cinema and fishing notes span weekend events
The Lake Meyer Nature Center in Fort Atkinson hosts films Sunday at 2 30 p m with displays open 1 to 5 p m The films include Northeast Iowa Tour Yellow River Forest and Mississippi River Recreation Tami Stephens of Marion catches her first bass a 4 2 pounder while fishing with family near Sugar Bottoms Other updates include hunter education courses Aug 4 5 at Fayette County Volga River Recreation Area and Lake Meyer Center Fort Atkinson Aug 3 4 10 in Jones County Monticello Conservation League Details require contact through local numbers and addresses Hunt seasons for Missouri include gun deer Nov 12 20 turkey Oct 17 30 bow Nov 21 Dec 31 trapping Nov 20 Jan 5 plus other dates.
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Iowa
Yellow River Forest
Mississippi River
Lake Meyer
Fort Atkinson
Fayette County
Volga River Recreation Area
Keith Rowley
Lake Meyer Nature Center
Winneshiek County
Missouri
New Law Requires Hunter Education Card for Buyers
A new law mandates that persons born after January 1 1967 must possess a Hunter Education Certification card before purchasing a hunting license. The rule aims to ensure safety training for hunters and applies to all new license buyers.
Cedar Valley Nature Trail gains 15.5 miles for biking
The Cedar Valley Nature Trail between Hiawatha and the I 380 interchange is now surfaced and open for biking, stretching total usable length to 15.5 miles. Volunteers have cleaned edges and pruned branches while safety railings on two bridges near Center Point are due this weekend.
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Cedar Valley
Interstate 380
Hiawatha
Linn-Benton County
Center Point
Bo Cameron
Northwood Drive
Iowa Rails To Trails
Lafayette
Cameron
Linn County Conservation Commission
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Bettendorf Man Wins Regional Duck Calling Title
Rich Sharp of Bettendorf won first place in the Greater Midwest Regional Duck Calling Championship at Newton on July 16. Cedar Rapids entrants swept the top three with Bryan Carlson second and Scott Carlson third. 21 callers entered from four states. All three winners used calls built by Wendell Carlson of Cedar Rapids. Plans call for annual contests.
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Bettendorf
Cedar Rapids
Newton
Rich Sharp
Bryan Carlson
Scott Carlson
Summer Circle
Wendell Carlson
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10Th St
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Sugar Bottoms
Route 2
Jones County
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Electra
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Red Kennedy
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Bill Arensdorf
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Gilbertville
Mary Combellick
Rails To Trails
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Linn County
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Karen Rhines
Windsor Drive
Rhines
Wilma Clark
McGowan Blvd
C.R
Hawkeye International Trucks
6Th Street
Davis
1St Ave
Bob Zimmerman
America's
Edcurs
New 1983 Ltd
Spirit
EPA
A.P.A
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Pink
Meg Stoen
Rene
Mustang
TEMPO
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First Ave
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