2/7/06
Water Trail Grants Will Fund Diverse Waterway Projects
A new Department of Natural Resources scoring committee, with two staff and two citizen members ranking grants, has identified $49,008 in projects that will be funded under the Iowa DNR Water Trails Program. A total of $73,118 was requested, and the projects selected will help leverage $185,347 worth of projects.
Examples of projects include:
 | A lake-to-lake portage system in Black Hawk County that forms a loop
utilizing the Cedar River, where Boy Scouts will provide labor for
land-trail connections and canoeists can practice skills necessary for
wilderness paddling in places such as the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe
Area. |
| Support for signage and a remote canoe-camping access on the Des
Moines-Boone Rivers Water Trail, a cooperative effort among Boone,
Webster, and Hamilton counties that includes 132 miles of point-to-point
water trail. |
| A Des Moines River headwaters trail in Emmet County for tools that
volunteers will use to create low-impact access paths to the West Fork of
the Des Moines River. |
| Funding to assist the Iowa Whitewater Coalition for public outreach meetings and low-head dam safety studies in support of water trails in Polk, Boone, Webster, Story, and Black Hawk counties. |
Project |
Applicant |
Amount Awarded |
Amount Leveraged |
Skunk River Water Trail |
Story County Conservation Board |
$6,000 |
$42,420 |
Cedar Valley Paddlers Trail |
Black Hawk County Conservation Board |
$6,701 |
$21,283 |
Iowa River Water Trail |
Hardin County Conservation Board |
$5,283 |
$1,321 |
Emmet County Water Trail |
Emmet County Water Trail Association |
$7,264 |
$6,400 |
Des Moines-Boone Water Trail |
Boone County Board of Supervisors |
$10,150 |
$31,180 |
Middle Raccoon Water Trail |
Carroll County Conservation Board |
$3,610 |
$2,000 |
Reconnecting The Rivers |
Iowa Whitewater Coalition |
$10,000 |
$50,000 |
"Each of these projects is an excellent example of the DNR cooperating with local units of government and the non-profit sector to improve quiet recreation opportunities on Iowa waterways," said Nate Hoogeveen, Iowa Water Trails coordinator.
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