Cedar Lake biodiversity project engages community science
Coe College biology staff and students lead a Cedar Lake biodiversity study with a $2500 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Volunteers use iNaturalist to upload observations, aiming for 1000 by summer's end, while city flood control plans and the Smokestack Bridge integrate with lake restoration.
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Hughes
Lyssie Ahern
Coe College
Coe College Biology Department
Cedar Lake
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Emery
Mohanna
Farah Subah
Jordan
Smokestack
Shaver Road
McLoud Run
Interstate 380
J Avenue
Rob Davis
City of
Cedar Rapids
Army Corps of Engineers
Army Corps
Davis
Dale Todd
Todd
Iowa state parks rely on volunteers to run and improve sites
Volunteers and Friends groups provide labor and programming across Iowa parks. In 2019 they clocked 71 396 hours from 5 552 volunteers. 2020 saw 67 286 hours from 3 029 volunteers amid pandemic and derecho. Projects include boardwalks at Maquoketa Caves and repairs at Backbone and Pine Creek Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Coffelt
State Parks Bureau
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Coffelt
Iowa
Ryland Richards
Pine Creek
Muscatine
Wildcat den
State Park
Nate Detrich
Backbone State Park
Dundee
Benjamin Nye
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Tom Hanifan
Friends of Pine Creek Grist Mill
Friends of
Europe
Thad Overturf
Ottumwa
Towa
Overturf
Manchester
Iowa Parks
Backbone
Civilian Conservation Corps
Friends
Detrich
Maquoketa Caves
Maquoketa
Richards
Iown
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Rollie Police
Stead
Elizabeth Mohanna
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Dubuque
Marissa
Payne
Thegazette
Danny Hughes
Andy Abeyta
the Gazette
Parks
United States
Parks Agency
Hanifan
Thad
IowaWatch
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Silvia Oakland
Wartburg College
Danielle Gehr
Ames Tribune
John Naughton
Des Moines Register
Emery Styron
The
Gazette
Iowa Center For Public Affairs Journalism