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The IACCB Calendar is also 

available online via the 

IACCB link on MCP.com 

 

* Oct. 3‐5 – CCPOA 32nd 

Fall Workshop – Johnston 

* Oct. 20 – District 1 Mtg. – 

Carroll CCB 

* Oct. 27 – 4th Ann. New 

CCB Employee School – 

D.M. 

* Nov. 2‐4 – IAN Fall 

Workshop – TBA 

* Nov. 9 – District 3 Mtg. – 

Plymouth CCB  

* Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 – Fall 

ISAC/CCDA – Des Moines 

* Dec. 21 – District 6 Mtg. – 

Scott CCB 

* Jan. 24‐26 – 

WINTERFEST 2017 ‐ 

Waterloo  

The IACCB Newsletter is 

produced on a periodic basis, and 

provided in digital format as a 

membership benefit to IACCB 

Members and stakeholders. 

IACCB@MyCountyParks.com       (515) 963‐9582

Volume 58, Issue No. 3 August 24, 2016

IACCB 2016            

Fall Conference 

September 15‐17 

BANNER COVERAGE SURGES TO 2/3 OF CCBs As the busy-ness of summer begins to abate, IWILL Banners are populating additional CCBs across the state! #FundTheTrust banners are now in 68 of our counties! This rather fun initiative is catching on with CCB staff and Boards – and we continue to encourage ALL CCBs to step up and become involved with this 2017 Legislative Session mission!

Board of Directors for 

the Palo Alto County 

Conservation 

Foundation 

A COUPLE OF REMINDERS / UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU! 1. There is NO COST for a CCB to receive the banners/postcards from IACCB. Your state Association has picked up the costs for production and distribution of these materials to you as part of our collective commitment to Funding the Trust in 2017! 2. POSTCARDS – We are hopefully filling these postcards out in advance and holding them locally in your offices. THEY ARE NOT meant to be “handouts”. They should be completely addressed to your legislator(s) to their State Capitol address. (as indicated on the instructions) - so that supporters know who they are being sent to. (Feel free to use mailing labels for this effort) You should be in control of the completed postcards so that they can be sent in a specific time(s) during the 2017 legislative session. We would ask that each CCB consider supporting this effort with absorbing the postage expense for the postcards, although some reimbursement will be available from IACCB upon request. 3. SIGNATURES on the banner should mostly be those of voting constituents. It is preferable that these quality banners not be left to draw upon at will by future voters? While some artwork representing our future generation of Iowans adds some “splash” to the look of the banners – it should perhaps not be the prevailing feature – thanks!

LEFT:  The  IACCBE  Winterfest  Planning Committee  took  a  “banner  signing  break” and  photo‐op  moment  at  their  August meeting  in  Marshalltown.  This  particular banner  is  traveling  the state with Hazelton with  plans  to  present  it  to  the  Governor upon  successful  completion  of  the 

#FundTheTrust effort  in 2017! 

   Sign  it  in Fort Dodge at  the  IACCB Fall Conference in September!  

 

 

    

NEED A BANNER? If you are interested in a banner for your CCB – please get the word into us as soon as possible as the initial supply of 130 banners is diminishing. It is not known when/if a second batch will be printed – pending demand. PHOTOS – we have been sharing some of the quality pictures that have been sent into us from the field – to entice you to send us YOURS! Just send us your BEST ones, please…..no “photo dumps” are necessary! While we may be able to “restore” some of those marginal cell camera pictures, preferred pictures are the ones generated from actual digital calendars….thanks! Remember – the pictures complete the trifecta of banners/postcards/pictures that we plan to use during the active legislative session and perhaps prior to – in order to spur the conversations and actions towards Funding The Trust in 2017!

ABOVE:  Linn CCB has a  “static” exhibit  just  inside  the entrance  to their Learning Center. While collecting  signatures, visitors can also fill  out  postcards  to  their  legislators  and  pick  up  additional information  about  Iowa’s  Natural  Resources  and  Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund.     (Soft supervision is provided) BELOW:  Participants  at  a  Buchanan  CCB  event  benefitted  from  a presentation about  the Trust Fund  from BCCB Director Cohen, and then gathered for a picture below the banner in their Nature Center. The event also generated some post cards! THANKS to all the counties that are rolling with this initiative!  

NOTE: CCBs expecting to 

receive banners in August 

should have them next week! 

WHAT’S IN THIS FOR CCB’s?? Visit the “IWILL INFORMATION 2017” file in the IACCB Portal to get the two-page document on What’s In IWILL for CCBs. This will help you decipher the 2016 Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund Annual Report into the funding streams and availability for county conservation boards.. The 2016 Annual Report itself has been available to you since January in the IWILL INFORMATION file.

IT’S STILL NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER!!!

Though the registration deadline has passed for the 2016 IACCB Fall Conference, our host counties – Webster & Hamilton are willing to bend the rules and allow you to register for just a few more days! Take advantage of this opportunity to attend the premier networking opportunity for county conservation each year! Follow the link below to registration information, silent auction donation forms, etc. (FYI - To-date, we have approximately 160 registrants for the conference: 43 Conservation Board Members (<9%), 49 Conservation Staff (9%), 30 Spouses and 31 Exhibitors. 43 Conservation Boards are represented. Looking forward to seeing large handfuls more to arrive to Hamilton County registration central soon!

Got Questions? – IACCB@MyCountyParks.com

LINK TO INFO: http://mycountyparks.weebly.com/2016-fall-conference.html

   

SALARY SURVEY DEADLINE – AUG 30th!

Your two months to get your FY2017 Salary Survey in to IACCB will expire on August 30. Gosh – we are just 17 shy of 100% participation….can we count on you 17 CCBS to get yours in so that our survey can be as comprehensive as possible?? If you need a replacement copy of your FY2016 information to update – just let me know – IACCB@mycountyparks.com We are cognizant that July/August are busy months – but hoped that some time could be squeezed out to tend to this annual request for important information – thanks for your assistance!

IT’S BERNIE’S TURN TO RETIRE!

It was early 2013 that these six Woodbury CCB Peace Officers had amassed a combined total of over 204 years of collective service to the WCCB…WOW! Haindfield departed in early 2013, followed by Anderson and then Peterson in June of 2016. Topping out with 44 YEARS OF SERVICE – Bernie Ketelsen will be retiring at the end of this month. Join the Woodbury County Conservation Board with a celebration in appreciation of his 4½ decades on Sunday, August 28th from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at the Little Sioux Park Heritage Shelter in Correctionville, IA. (1746 O’Brien Avenue)

L to R: Don Haahr, Bill Anderson, Bernie Ketelsen, Bob 

Fundermann, Mark Peterson and Mark Haindfield (2010) 

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Thanks for 

your years 

of service! 

   

THE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT – UPDATE YOUR UN-MET NEEDS!

We have had a couple trickle in – but we need you all to visit “The UN-MET Needs of County Conservation” in the Portal and bring your section of the document up to speed with estimated dollar amounts, as well as updating your un-met needs listings! If you cannot find your original WORD document to update – let me know and I will shoot one off to you! A good example of the end-product we hope to have 99 times over is below as provided by Carroll CCB:

The premier opportunity for new county conservation employees to get a one day BLAST of essential CCB information is at hand! IACCB is excited and pleased to be able to bring you this 4th Annual New County Conservation Employee School – free of charge to you and your county! Representatives from the Iowa DNR, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Iowa Tourism, IPERS and IACCB team up to bring you a fast-paced day of information, networking and WOW! moments Not to mention that each participant receives their own copy of the all-new 2016 County Conservation New Employee Manual! Please note the September 16th early registration deadline to help us out with this planning! (Additional registrations will be accepted until October 17th – but we need an early count of those new employees already on board!) Utilize the link below to access the simple online registration form for this school. Additional information and a registration “packet” will be available soon!

REGISTER HERE: http://countyconservationregistration.weebly.com/

CCPOA 31st ANNUAL WORKSHOP – Registration Info. on Website!

The Registration Packet and workshop agenda for the 31st Annual Workshop, Firearms Training Day and Annual Meeting have been posted to the CCPOA website at the following location: http://iowaccpoa.weebly.com/2016-fall-workshop-information.html Workshop is scheduled for October 3-5 at Camp Dodge and the Ramada Inn North in Johnston. Registration deadline will be September 19th – so please expedite those forms in ASAP. The traditional lodging block for the event is at the Ramada – (515) 278-0271

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUESTED FOR 2016 NEW CCB EMPLOYEE SCHOOL!

 

 

            

   

TAYLOR CCB (District 4) HIRES NEW DIRECTOR!

We were pleased to be able to catch up with the new Director for the Taylor County Conservation Board this past week at his office in Bedford, IA. Nick Fehring has been hired to fill the vacancy created by ret the recently retired Jim Winemiller – who just happened to stop by whilst we were visiting with Nick – a bonus round! It was good to see Jim, to wish him well on the new chapter of his life – AND express our appreciation for his decades of service to the Taylor County Conservation Board! We also welcome Nick and extend our collective best wishes to him in his new career. If you would like to reach out and personally welcome Nick – you can connect with him at the following email: taylorccb@frontiernet.net Welcome Aboard, Nick Fehring!!

L to R: Nick & Jim 

BECOMING AND OUTDOORS WOMAN - Iowa DNR

The fall Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop is Sept. 16-18, at the Springbrook Conservation Education Center, adjacent to Springbrook State Park, north of Guthrie Center. While the focus of BOW is primarily for women, the workshop is an opportunity for anyone 18 years or older to learn outdoor skills. Workshop courses include basic fishing, Dutch oven cooking, birdwatching, kayaking, deer hunting, wild edibles, basic camping, intro to archery, intro to firearms, canoeing and more.“This workshop is an excellent opportunity to try activities under the guidance of our top-notch instructors,” said Rachel Ladd, with the Iowa Departments of Natural Resources. “Our workshop is popular because we keep our class sizes small and the setting at Springbrook is beautiful, particularly in the fall.” The cost for the workshop is $150 before Sept. 4, and $180 beginning Sept. 5. The fee includes program materials, equipment, lodging and meals. Enrollment is limited to 100 participants. A limited number of scholarships are available that can reduce the fee by $75. Follow the link below to download a registration form, select classes and for more information on applying for a scholarship. Lodging is in dormitories with eight people per room.

DNR LINK: http://www.iowadnr.gov/Things-to-Do/Camps-Workshops/Becoming-an-Outdoors-Woman

NWCG Introduction to Fire Behavior Calculations (S-390) Course

January 9-13, 2017, Nominations Due by Sept. 16th (From Ryan Schlater, Iowa DNR Fire Specialist - Ryan.Schlater@dnr.iowa.gov) A great course for determining fire behavior for prescribed fires that you may be conducting. Learn how to determine rates of spread (ros) and flame length using nomograms and what equipment you will need to hold your prescribed fires. Please note that the prerequisite of being qualified as any single resource boss is being waived in this course if you are using the course to further your knowledge of prescribed fire. You will however need to complete s-290, which can be done online in a couple of days, it’s fairly easy to get done. To take the course - go to this link: http://onlinetraining.nwcg.gov/node/171 you’ll need to register and use myself as the course coordinator and the Iowa DNR Fire Program as the sponsoring agency. IF you have any issues please feel free to call or email me, on a weekend it’s best to call me on the mobile number of 515-979-8739.

 

 http://www.mycountyparks.com/Jobs/Default.aspx  

1. LINN Co. – Asst. Resource Manager 2. CLAY Co. - Naturalist 3. TEMPORARY POSITIONS – 14+ opportunities

listed on website  

 

Full Time Employment 

Seasonal/Part‐Time – Listed on website 

NOTE: Eight CCBs have seasonal job openings with “Open Until Filled” as the deadline 

for application – please consider if you still need the postings to be “live” – thanks! 

NEW CABIN OPEN HOUSE Buena Vista CCB - Aug. 27th

Join the Staff and Board of the Buena Vista CCB for the ribbon cutting on their new cabin this Saturday near Peterson, IA. Open house from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, ribbon cutting at 1:00

PM. CONGRATS on the new facility! (359 440th Street, Peterson, IA 51047)

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1. MCCB Director Will Horsley at the helm of 

luncheon protocols; 2. Overview of District 

4 Business Meeting;  3. Presentation by DNR 

Fisheries  Biologist  Bryan  Hayes;  4.  Travis 

Paul  (Adams)  seasons  up  his  bovine  as 

District 4 participants grill it up for lunch!  

DISTRICT 4 MEETS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

The August 18th summer meeting for District 4 was held at the Wolfe Nature Center in the Anderson Conservation Area near Red Oak. It was good to see some Conservation Board members in attendance from Fremont and Montgomery counties! A good discussion was had with regional DNR Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes – as we talked about the various regional fisheries as well as the Fish Habitat Grant Program. Summer also means crankin’ up the barbee….kudos to Will Horsley and his staff of the Montgomery CCB for linin’ up the coals and grills to accommodate the troops! Miss a District Meeting – Miss a Bunch!