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About JCHT
The Johnson County Heritage Trust is a land trust which accepts donations of land from residents and landowners who want their natural areas to be in the public trust, available for present and future generations.
The Johnson County Heritage Trust can also arrange and hold conservation easements, facilitate transfers of land from private to public ownership, and advise land owners on donations, sale, and preservation of their land. For more information on these conservation options, click here.
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Hora Woods |
The JCHT cooperates with other groups which promote and preserve natural areas, including the Johnson County Conservation Board, the Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Nature Conservancy, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, and the Iowa Environmental Council. We are a member of the national Land Trust Alliance.
The JCHT currently maintains and preserves preserves eight local natural areas, for the enjoyment and education of the public, and holds 10 conservation easements. |
| JCHT Board of Directors, 2011-2012 |
Mark Madsen, President
John Van Rybroek, Vice-President
Sharyn Huriaux Reitz, Treasurer
Robin Butler, Secretary
Barbara Beaumont
Jeff Dorale
Michelle Falkoff
James Fluck
Liz Maas
Glen Meisner
Chris Mottinger
Brenda Nations
Judy Nauseef
Lorie Reins-Schweer
Mark Vitosh |
| Contract Staff |
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| Tammy Richardson, Executive Director |
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| JCHT Strategic Plan, 2009 – 2014
Our Mission
To preserve our natural heritage through protection
and management of land and water with significant environmental value.
Our Values
- Stewardship:
- Responsible stewards of the land.
- Integrity:
- Trustworthy in all that we do.
- Respect:
- Honoring the people, land, wildlife, water, air and plants of our county.
- Collaboration:
- Working with land owners and public and private organizations to achieve our goals.
- Commitment:
- Focused on fulfilling our mission.
Our Goals
- Identify and protect land and water with significant environmental value, both directly and indirectly, and encourage and assist community in doing the same.
- Develop and implement management plans that encourage biological diversity and site-appropriate native ecosystems for each Johnson County Heritage Trust property.
- Obtain national accreditation from the Land Trust Alliance.
- Collaborate with private and public organizations to encourage responsible land use and watershed management.
- Be readily recognized by the public as a conservation leader, educator and advisor.
Our Vision
Land and Water:
A Johnson County renowned for its preservation and restoration of prairies, woodlands, stream corridors, and wetlands:
- colorful prairie plants line its roadways, native wildflowers carpet its forest floors, native wildlife species abound;
- carefully planned residential and commercial developments and working farms co-exist harmoniously with natural areas.
Community:
The Johnson County Heritage Trust appreciates and encourages:
- an informed citizenry that understands the wisdom of strategic land preservation, native biodiversity and sustainable natural communities;
- the agricultural heritage of our county and the scenic, historic and economic value of our working farms;
- sustainable human communities that balance population growth with land preservation and unite fragmented natural areas with recreational trails and other corridors;
- the commitment of local governments to well-planned growth and to a land ethic that preserves native remnants for future generations; and
- local residents who become engaged in preserving and restoring our unique biological resources.
Organization:
The Johnson County Heritage Trust will:
- work with other groups and local governments.
- actively identify special places and foster the voluntary preservation of unique natural areas,
- generate sufficient funding through membership, donations and grants,
- be responsible in managing properties entrusted to us, and
- have an active membership and a board with a passion for achieving our mission.
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History
The impetus for the founding of the Johnson County Heritage Trust was, ironically, a lost opportunity. In late 1977 or early 1978 the owner of land on the south side of Hickory Hill Park and north of Rochester Avenue, along what is now an extension of 7th Ave., offered to sell it to the City as an addition to the Park. But the City could not meet the owner’s deadline, and the land was sold to a developer. This tragic loss led Nancy Seiberling and other public-spirited people to realize that Iowa City needed a private, non-profit organization that could act quickly to seize such opportunities and then hold land on its own or resell it to a public body. The answer was a land trust, something familiar to many people in the East and West but less known in the Middle West. There was then only one other land trust in Iowa, in the Dubuque area.
The earliest surviving minutes of the “Johnson County Heritage Trust” are from March 28, 1978. A board of Jean Lloyd-Jones, William Hines, David Ferree, Betsy Hillman, Russ Schmeiser, Donna Epley, Fremont Isaacs, and Richard Baker elected Hines President, Epley Vice Preesident, Hillman Secretary and Schmeiser Treasurer. They say that “the majority of the meeting centered around discussion and revision of the bylaws.” They also say that as a result of an earlier meeting, March 9, “we have 50 paid members for a total of $810.”
Enthusiasm was high. There was another board meeting April 12, and another general membership meeting April 27, at which four committees were formed: Membership-liason, Donations, Land Search, and Public Relations. Incorporation followed on May 3, handled by Bill Meardon. The first purpose of the trust, as stated in the Articles of Incorporation, was to be the “preservation of natural resources of Johnson Co., Iowa and surrounding area, including, but not limited to, water resources, woodland and open spaces, and the plant and animal life therein and the preservation of unique historic and scenic sites.” Other purposes were scientific study; public education; and property acquisition, use, or transfer “to carry out such purposes.”
Board meetings in June, September, and November 1978 took up the printing of brochures, appearances on radio shows, and possible acquisitions. Places listed were a riverfront tract north of I-80, Turkey Creek, the Rotary Camp, Lover’s Leap, Brown’s Woods, Ryerson Timber, Douglas Woods, and Elmira or Gardiner’s Woods.
The next surviving minutes are of a board meeting January 9, 1980. Discussion was of a “Turkey Creek Easement” and “Ryerson Timber.” There was also talk “of linking up with other groups such as Nature Conservancy, Johnson Co. Conser. Bd or the new State land preservation group appointed by Governor Ray.” The last was to become the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. Its first Director, Gerald Schnef, asked Jean Lloyd-Jones for copies of our by-laws and articles of incorporation.
On Nov. 6, 1980 at “the Story Hour Room” of the I.C. Public Library the general membership reviewed acquisition of the Turkey Creek Nature Area, and the Board unanimously accepted the donation of it from the owners (the Gelmans, Howes, Lasanskys, and John Greenleaf and Barbara Greenleaf Buckley). At the same meeting Cathy Johnson “explained her attempts to preserve the Rock Island RR Depot.” Fortunately, the Depot was later preserved by private individuals. But preservation of buildings, although allowed for in the Articles of Incorporation, was not to become a JCHT interest.
So nearly three years after its initial organization, the JCHT acquired its first property, the beautiful 105 acres of woods, bluffs, and former pasture along Turkey Creek south of Sugar Bottom Road. Dedication of the property, with a sign honoring the donors, was planned for June 27th, 1981, liability insurance was purchased, and work-days were proposed. Management of Turkey Creek became a major concern of the JCHT.
For the annual meeting of June 8, 1983 Dick Baker invited Paul Christianson of Cornell College to give a slide presentation on prairies, and later that evening members voted to authorize up to $750 for the establishment of 5 acres of prairie on the pasture land. This was the beginning of the Trust’s interest in prairie preservation and reconstruction. Minutes from following years mention efforts to control multiflora rose (including the hiring of students in the Mayor’s Youth Program to dig it up), trying to keep out stray cattle, controlled burns, and additional prairie planting, sometimes with money from Project Green. Another item is that in 1987 the Army Corps of Engineers paid the Trust $3500 for a flood easement. That was our first major cash inflow.
But the Trust also continued to try to acquire and protect woodland. In 1981 Bill Meardon told the Board that he knew of property east of East Amana called Hanging Rock Woods. Eventually a group led by Dr. Fred Stamler, that had owned and managed this 212-acre forested tract for 30 years, arranged for its transfer to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Ryerson Timber / Woods, the 33 acres south of the Fair Grounds, remained on the JCHT agenda until 1986, when President Hines announced that it had been transferred to the City. Also in 1986 Dick Baker announced that he had received a call from an attorney about the possible donation to the Trust of 20 acres between West Branch and Iowa City. At a special meeting November 17, 1986, the Trust formally accepted that donation – which we know as Hora Woods, for its donor, Mabel Hora.
1986 also saw the first JCHT newsletter, which Connie Mutel was to edit for many more years. Previously, information about the Trust was disseminated only by mailing out the minutes of each annual meeting. But the Trust now had more to report. Land conservation was becoming a nation-wide issue, and the Newsletter was an effort to reach a larger audience and expand our influence. Two years before, Jean Lloyd-Jones had said in her “Legislative Report,” a feature then of annual meetings, that the Governor had just signed a bill allowing private, non-profit organizations to hold conservation easements, which previously could be held only by governmental bodies. She also reported that the State was expanding the “Chickadee Checkoff” and improving non-game conservation efforts.
By 1988, our tenth anniversary, membership was at 45, and the newsletter wrote that Edwin B. Green, the former managing editor of the Press-Citizen had bequeathed the Trust $5,000, approximately doubling its bank balance. At that year’s meeting Connie Mutel proposed our making an annual Conservation Award, saying it would both recognize the winner’s service and increase recognition of the Trust. (See separate list of the winners and their achievements.)
A sign of our growing community presence came in 1992 with the offer to the JCHT of 13 acres of oak-hickory forest that had been purchased by seventeen home-owners in the Ridge Road area to protect them from development. The home-owners insisted that they also did not want these woods and ravine “to be a formal park,” as Dr. Isacson (one of the neighbors) said, but to remain in their “natural state.” We accommodated their wish and also changed our by-laws to make sure the land remained that way even if the JCHT were dissolved. In our files is a moving letter from Richard Bovbjerg, one of the neighbors, describing the Ridge Road Preserve (or Shimek Ravine, as we usually call it) as it then was – the ravine, woods, flowers, birds, and animals.
The Ridge Road Preserve represented a new function the Trust as an instrument that could not only protect land but protect the ambiance of a surrounding neighborhood that depended on that land for its privacy, quiet, and natural beauty.
Another function of the Trust was as a forum to which people could come with news of land anywhere in our area that was of special interest. In 1993 Aaron Basten of Solon reported on the unique features of land on the Ciha farm near Sutliff, on which he and Paul Christiansen had identified a sedge bog and 192 different plant species. The Trust voted to pay Aaron and Paul $200 towards the rental of the property, so that they could continue to study it. Eventually they identified over 250 plants there.
Our function as a forum had begun with the talks at the annual meetings. In 1985 Wendell Simonson gave two slide presentations, “The Story of Williams Prairie” and “Requiem for a Railroad.” In 1987 Jean Prior talked about the State Preserves. In 1988 Bill French spoke on the Muscatine Prairie Endowment. In 1990 President Seiberling reported on the new Natural Areas Survey (led by Steve Hendrix) that was being funded by the County Conservation Board and the replacement of the of County Weed Commissioner by a new position, Roadside Vegetation Manager (to be filled by Russ Bennett). The JCHT has strongly supported the collecting of more information about our local land and landscape. We can protect it only if we know about it. In 1995 we became more involved in State-wide conservation efforts, when we joined the new Iowa Environmental Council.
By 1996, as a result of these increasing activities, President Seiberling and others saw a need to expand the Board of Directors. In its first eighteen years there had been only three different Presidents (Hines, Baker, and Seiberling) and little change in Board composition. The Board voted to increase its size from 9 to 15 members and to amend the By-Laws so as to limit members to only two consecutive terms of three years each. In 1997 Dick Sjolund became the new President, with Sam Fahr re-elected Vice President and Russ Schmeiser continuing as Secretary and Treasurer.
A different expansion of the Trust came in 1998 with the donation by David and Kathy Belgum of their 40 acres of land along Dirty Face Creek west of Hills. This former cropland and pasture, with a small garden, orchard and stable was not woodland or prairie. On the other hand, the Belgums wanted it preserved for educational and recreational purposes, and it had the potential for both. Professor Steve Heard soon conducted pollination experiments there, and Hills elementary school was interested in the land as an outdoor classroom. The Belgums retained the right to use the garden and orchard, and in 2001 the Trust put 13 acres into the Conservation Reserve Program, for which we are receiving $1400 per year in rent for 15 years. We have also participated in a Johnson Co. Soil and Water Conservation District plan to reduce flooding and pollution in Dirty Face Creek. In the summer of 2002 Dick Baker led a group in monitoring the water there and in Turkey Creek.
But we saw that management of Belgum Grove would present new challenges to the Trust. Moreover, Johnson Co was growing so fast that there were additional roles for the Trust. So in 1999 President Mary Neuhauser headed a Planning Committee that met seven times that autumn and also heard from other private and public conservation groups. Its recommendations, approved by the Board in February 2000 and later by the general membership, included:
- joining the national Land Trust Alliance;
- doing more to identify land worthy of protection and then working with land owners and other groups to do so, by acquisition or holding of conservation easements;
- developing management plans for all our properties;
- developing funding strategies;
- and expanding our educational activities, via more newsletters, a new brochure, and participation in more public events and activities.
Since then these recommendations have guided the Board. In 2003 Judith Klink, David Curry, and Carol Spaziani developed a new brochure. Terry Dahms developed our first website. And the four management committees, chaired by Dick Baker (Turkey Creek), Alan Nagel (Hora Woods), Wayne Petersen (Belgum Grove), and David Curry (Shimek Ravine) presented long-range funding needs for each property. At the same time, negotiations with Dick Schwab began for a bargain sale to the Trust of 40 acres of his “Natural Woodlands” property in the County’s North Corridor and the Trust’s taking of conservation easements on 75 more acres. These 40 acres, now called Big Grove, were acquired in the summer of 2004.
Thus the JCHT currently owns five properties, totaling 228 acres, and has the responsibility of monitoring 75 acres. Providing for the management of this land and and the building of a reserve fund for future acquisition is the purpose of the “Watershed Moment” campaign to raise $400,000. The new strategic plan, which was developed in the Fall, 2004, outlines the policies which will guide the Trust in this management, acquisition, and growth.
The Johnson County Heritage Trust has grown a lot in 25 years, perhaps not as much as we would like, but solidly. Although begun in reaction to a lost opportunity, it has constantly tried to be more proactive – to look ahead and work with change, so that change can make us better stewards of our land and natural heritage. This is not always possible. Surprises happen, for better and for worse. But as we grow in size and experience, we become better prepared to anticipate opportunities and to seize them when they come. Today, as in its beginnings, the Trust is a meeting place for people with diverse skills – legal, financial, scientific, and custodial – dedicated to the common goal of land preservation. The great strength of Johnson County is the talent and expertise of its many different citizens. The Johnson County Heritage Trust has been a very effective means by which people with these many skills can work together in protecting our land, with its glorious woodlands, prairies, creeks, and rivers.
Robert F. Sayre
JCHT President, 2000-04 |
2010 Committees - Accomplishments and Goals
Executive Committee
a. Push for partnership with City of Iowa City for Property Stewardship Specialist shared position.
Accreditation (John VanRybroek – chair, Mark Madsen, Sharyn Reitz, Jane McCune, Lorie Reins-Schweer and Tammy Richardson)
Purpose : To obtain national Accreditation from the Land Trust Alliance in 2012.
2010 Accomplishments:
Meetings were held, an assessment of our organization was completed by the committee and policies have been drafted and in some cases approved by committees and the board. Progress is definitely being made. A grant from the Community Foundation of Johnson County has been secured for $1,900 to be used for Accreditation expenses.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Place JCHT in a position to apply for National Accreditation from the Land Trust Alliance in
February, 2012.
b. Seek out information from relevant committees.
c. Continue to work on all sections of the application, with particular emphasis on 10, 11 and 12.
d. Attend LTA Rally to continue polishing application.
Land Acquisition and Protection (Casey Kohrt – chair, Jeff Dorale (successor chair), David Curry, Jeff Smith, Dick Schwab, Mark Madsen and Dan Black)
Purpose:
Identify and protect land and water with significant environmental value, both directly and indirectly, and encourage and assist our community in doing the same.
2010 Accomplishments:
Committee meetings were held nearly monthly along with walks on properties and meetings with prospective property and conservation easement donors. A 145 acre conservation easement was finalized with Sharon and Gary Lust on 12/21 following several meetings and preparation of baseline information. The existing property list continues to be monitored and contacts are being made.
Ongoing Objective
a. Identify and keep map of land in Johnson County with significant environmental value
Major Initiatives
a. Evaluate properties of interest using the land acquisition criteria
b. Recommend to the board acquisition of, or taking easements on, properties of interest
c. Meet with Johnson County Supervisors, Johnson County Planning and Zoning, City Planning and
Zoning, Friends of Hickory Hill Park and Johnson County Conservation Board annually.
d. Work more closely with the Johnson County Conservation Board on natural areas inventory plan
Resource Development (Dick Schwab – chair, Robin Butler (successor chair), Lorie Reins-Schweer and Bob Sayre)
Purpose:
Guide JCHT’s efforts in growing membership and generating sufficient resources to fund our initiatives.
2010 Accomplishments:
Five grants were submitted in 2010, three were granted. By working with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), funding for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was approved for Belgum Grove, Big Grove, Shimek Ravine, Turkey Creek and Dickens properties.
Accounts were set up at STUFF, Etc.; an Accentz Jewelry Party was held along with an Open House at Bagolitas. Anne Hesse and Edie Merryman held a Bagolita party in JCHT’s name. Two “Benefit Sundays” were held at Devotay and a partnership with Active Endeavors was created where they donated a portion of t-shirt sales to JCHT. A conservation deer tag sold on ebay 8/2 for $10,650.00! We have created a partnership in 2011 with the Bluebird Diner.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Recognize all gifts
b. Cultivating existing members
c. Ask in journal (at least twice) for members to remember us in their will
d. Be proactive with other committees with membership engagement
e. Share information and gather input on our sources and uses of funds
Major Initiatives
a. Compile early in the year sponsorship rules and how we will recognize sponsors, event or organization. (Need to add $5,000 and above category.) Categories: Total Gift = events, capital campaign, membership, in-kind and organizational sponsor.
b. Complete a successful property management capital campaign of $150,000 in cash and pledges to
sustain a part-time property manager and hire and professional property management services.
c. Expand membership to over 1,000 members.
d. Cultivate or build new relationships/donor development/”friend raising”
e. Maintain a list of potential major donors
f. Document Resource Development policies in support of our Accreditation initiatives.
1) membership renewal procedures
2) honorary members
3) recognition of gifts for “Under a Cider Moon . . .” event.
g. Assist our Executive Director in seeking out and writing grants with a goal of $25,000
Publicity (Steve Semken – Chair, Michelle Falkoff (successor chair), Jeff Dorale, Jeannie DeShamps, Liz Hall, Barbara Beaumont, Anne Hesse and Lorie Lindner)
Purpose:
Increase awareness and support for JCHT by publicizing our events and publishing the “Heritage” journal.
2010 Accomplishments:
Four issues of “Heritage” were mailed out to membership and to businesses/offices in 2010. A new presentation board was secured 4/15 and Liz Hall has become our display person, updating our displays and finding places for them to be when not in use. An ad was placed in the Riverside playbill.
JCHT’s Exhibit was on display at the following:
1/27 University of Iowa Volunteer Fair
4/22 Iowa City Public Library for ECOpalooza
5/6 Set up for month long display at MidWestOne in Coralville
5/8 Project Green’s Garden Fair
6/3 JCHT’s Open House jointly held with Iowa Women’s Foundation (photo in Corridor Business Journal following)
9/1 University of Iowa Volunteer Fair
10/10 360 event at the Pentacrest
10/30 EcoFair at Farmer’s Market
11/12-11/30 Set up at University of Iowa Credit Union in North Liberty
Presentations were given at the following:
1/27 Oaknoll (Lorie Reins-Schweer)
3/17 Dottie Ray broadcast (Tammy and Dick) and Noon Rotary Club Presentation (Dick?)
3/22 Dottie Ray broadcast (Tammy and Dick)
5/16 Mark Madsen led a bird tour
9/16 Michelle Falkoff represented JCHT at an All aBoard Nonprofit Networking Event
9/30 Jean VanRybroek and Bob Sayre were on KCCK;s Culture Crawl for a live broadcast
10/5 Jeff Dorale gave a presentation at the Rotary
3/23 JCHT was named 10,000 Hours Show Non-Profit of the Year
Ongoing Objectives
a. Publicize all events, activities and accomplishments of the JCHT
b. Inform and keep membership updated on JCHT’s Accreditation progress
c. Develop and maintain a comprehensive plan for publicity and communication
d. Provide oversight and guidance to JCHT Executive Director regarding Facebook and JCHT website
e. Regularly communicate JCHT mission and activities via news releases to print and electronic media
f. Compile and edit JCHT environmental journal four per year with community calendar section
g. Send “Heritage” our conservation journal to media
h. Organize annual Family Days collaborating with Mushroom Club and others
Major Initiatives
a. Create property specific brochures for Turkey Creek
Governance and Investment (Lorie Reins-Schweer – Chair; Dick Schwab, Mark Madsen, Michelle Falkoff and Sharyn Reitz)
Purpose: Provide guidance and oversight on all aspects of the governance process and cultivate and recommend prospective board members.
2010 Accomplishments:
RFPs were submitted and our first official audit date has been set for 2011. Candidates for 2010 board members were gathered along with candidates for the 2010 conservation award.
Policies were drafted, reviewed and presented to the board for approval.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Recommend a slate of nominees for conservation award by April, 2011
b. Recommend a slate of officers to Board by February
c. Identify, recruit and provide orientation and training to new board members in January - May
d. Provide oversight for investment of funds
e. Provide oversight for insurance coverage
f. Serve as liaison with external auditor
Major Initiatives
a. Lead organization in creating a strategic conservation plan
b. Work with Executive Director to host an Alumni event in late March.
c. Review by-laws
Property Manager’s Committee (Liz Maas,– Chair; Gene Szymkowiak, Wayne Petersen, Dan Black, Don Bolin, Mark Vitosh, Terry Dahms, Casey Kohrt, Erin Irish, John VanRybroek and Tammy Richardson
Purpose:
Ensure that JCHT has a program of responsible stewardship for our properties and develop and implement management plans that encourage biological diversity and site-appropriate native ecosystems for each Johnson County Heritage Trust property.
Accomplishments 2010:
Secured EQIP contracts on Turkey Creek, Big Grove, Belgum Grove, Shimek Ravine and Dickens properties. Property Stewardship Specialist job description finalized. Conservation Corps Iowa team was here for 10 days in October. Family Days were held at Turkey Creek in May and Belgum Grove in September. The volunteer management list was updated online. Conservation Easements were all monitored.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Continue to develop and refine management plans for each property.
b. Plan on at least one educational talk from an expert outside JCHT, e.g. Laura Jackson, UNI or Sybilla
Brown.
c. Formulate plans for projects for Conservation Corps Iowa team, tailored to fall activities.
d. Continue to meet as needed.
Individual Property Goals:
Belgum Grove – Wayne Petersen and Dan Black Co-Property Managers; and Bob Sayre
Accomplishments 2010:
January- Collected Christmas trees for fish habitat.
February 13- Hosted winter camp out for Swisher Boy Scouts- Built X-mass tree/pipe clusters to serve as fish habitat/ Strategically located structures on pond ice.
March 26- Burn north prairie field with JCHT members
April 10- Hosted U of Ia student volunteers building west fence
April 24- Work day with cub scouts planting wetland seed balls.
May -Transplanted wetland plants - seeded more seed balls.
June – With U of I volunteers and JCHT members built parking lot fence
Stocked Pond with bass and catfish fry
July – Hosted Kathy Belgum and extended family for evening picnic and tour
September 12-- JCHT Family Day at Belgum Grove
October 9 – Work day with U of I student volunteers
Other Summer Activities:
Mowed north prairie 3 times – south prairie 4 times
Mowed walking trails monthly
Ongoing Objectives
a. Dirty Face Creek stream bank stabilization,
b. understory/invasive removal,
c. more wetland planting,
d. mulching shrubs,
e. planting Pawpaw shrubs,
f. monitor and spray Bur Cucumber north prairie
g. host 2-3 work days
h. host Family Day September 18
Big Grove – Don Bolin, Property Manager
Accomplishments 2010:
2010 was a transition year for Big Grove; management up until now has been almost entirely geared towards invasive control, but 2010 saw the first real efforts aimed at timber management and improvement in plant diversity. Certainly invasive removal continues to be the most urgent issue, and still therefore received the most attention: garlic mustard continues to diminish, by comprehensive monitoring and hand pulling of remaining plants, and the entire preserve was grid-walked for removal of remaining brushy invasives (multiflora rose, autumn olive, Oriental bittersweet, and honeysuckle). The preserve in general is much cleaner and more open now. The Conservation Corps of Iowa spent a fall day at Big Grove chainsawing down less desirable mid- and lower-story trees, in our first effort at timber management. In the spring, I mowed and sprayed the vegetation with Roundup of a quarter acre total area in the meadow by the parking lot, in a checkerboard fashion, then in the fall seeded these areas with a wide variety of prairie/savannah seeds in order to improve the plant diversity in this area (which is mostly Canada goldenrod currently).
Ongoing Objectives
a. remove remaining garlic mustard
b. clear the present vegetation from an additional quarter acre of the meadow and seed in the fall.
c. thin 2 acres of timber with CCI
d. clean up the downed trees in the area that was thinned last year.
Hora Woods – Gene Szymkowiak, Property Manager
Winter 2010-Spring 2011
Hora Woods is a 20-acre woodland that is being managed to restore it to a mix of oak savanna and open woodland. Over the course of five years, shade tolerant trees and nonnative trees will be “weeded out” to allow more light to reach the woodland floor. This will allow oak and shagbark hickory (shade-intolerant species) to germinate and grow. Additionally, sedges, grasses, and forbs requiring a more open canopy will flourish. The more open habitat will be maintained with annual burns as well as with manual and chemical control of nonnative, invasive species. A plan to moderate erosion from adjacent property should be developed and implemented. This may involve pursuing easements on the properties west and south of Hora Woods, in order to reconstruct tallgrass prairie on these site to reduce run-off.
Accomplishments 2010:
Mar.- Sept.
a. Exotic control:
1) Garlic mustard- Pulled again but persists in isolated areas. Will need annual attention
indefinitely.
2) Multiflora rose- Scattered but few
3) Euonymus- Starting to be a problem in the south central area. (Probably bird dispersed.)
Plants were pulled by hand (no herbicide).
4) Black locust—Recut and sprayed resprouts
5) Reed canary grass—Spot-sprayed at SW and NE corners
6) Honeysuckle- Cut and stump sprayed—scattered and few.
b. Reposted No Hunting signs.
Sept.- Dec.
a. Barb Beaumont began water monitoring
b. Conservation Corps of Iowa aided in TSI in the center on the west end where oaks are concentrated,
expanding TSI strip from north boundary, connecting to previous improvement area an additional 3-4
acres.
c. Also cleared roadside of woody perennials and removed several mulberry trees from woods edge.
d. Met twice with Wendell Jones, NRCS, to develop erosion control plants for the local watershed.
Waiting to hear back from him.
Dec.- Mar.
a. Burn SE 1/3, if conditions allow, in very early spring.
Mar.- Sept.
a. Exotics control: roses, garlic mustard, euonymus, honeysuckle. Etc.
b. Label and begin deer protection fencing around new oaks and hickories.
Note >100 white, red, and black oak seedlings marked with ribbons in areas of TSI this past fall. These
will be monitored +/- caging this year
Sept.- Dec.
a. Respray reed canary grass in meadow and SE corner, plus brome on periphery, after frost.
b.Burn (first time) west central area for TSI.
c. CCI project in the fall will expand TSI to east property boundary. This will include clearing mulberry
trees that overhang adjacent bean field.
Ongoing goals
a. Figure out how to address run-off from adjacent properties—grants, purchase, easements?
b. Protect hickory and oak seedling from deer predation and damage.
Natural Woodlands/Conservation Easements – Tammy Richardson, Property Manager
Accomplishments 2010:
Conservation easement monitoring was conducted complete with photos and follow-up communication. Communication was kept open between JCHT and conservation easement property owners.
Ongoing goals
a. Complete Conservation Easement Monitoring on all properties
b. Hold a Natural Woodlands landowner meeting fall, 2011 and/or attend a Natural Woodlands
Homeowners’ Association meeting
c. Continue open communication with conservation easement landowners
d. Document property status in pictures
Newport-O’Mara Woods – Mark Vitosh and Liz Maas, Co- Property Managers
Accomplishments 2010:
a. 2,000 feet of firebreaks completed by the Conservation Corp which included a total of 12 volunteer
hours
b. 8 volunteers did 4 hours of garlic mustard pulling
c. 2 volunteers did 3 hours of garlic mustard pulling
d. 5 acres of weed tree removal was completed on 5 acres of woodland through an EQIP grant
Ongoing Objectives
a. Continue Invasive species removal on all acres
b. Maintain established firebreaks
c. Burn 1 to 5 acres of woodland in spring or fall 2011
Shimek Ravine – Terry Dahms, Property Manager
Accomplishments 2010:
a. March 21 Americorps was on site with 6 people (Britany, Lindsay, Trisha, Daniel, Tim, and Griff)
b. October 23, 24, and 25 Conservation Corps was on site.
c. We reported 2 acres of Timberland Improvement at $85.50/acre and 2 acres of Brush Management at $350.50/acre for a total of $876.00 EQIP reimbursement.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Using the list of volunteers from the U of I ‘Volunteer Fair’, have three (3) work ‘days’ on Saturdays before spring semester ends
b. Concentrate on pulling oriental bittersweet or cutting it with clippers during one (1) work day. Use another work day to concentrate on honey suckle and autumn olive
c. Continue to cut ‘paths’ (fire lines) through the heaviest infestations of oriental bittersweet and autumn olive and cut paths along the ridge lines
d. Control re-growth of (1) oriental bittersweet and (2) autumn olive by mowing/brush cutting and maybe chemical treatment
e. Investigate the possibility of contracting for a controlled burn, which could include the brush piles.
f. Advocate for the hiring of professional help for a minimum of three (3) days of intense clearing, as we have done in the past
g. Devote one (1) work day to eradicating garlic mustard
h. Fulfill EQIP schedule of 2 acres of Timberland Improvement at $85.50/acre and 6 acres of Brush Management at $352.50/acre for a total of $2115.00
Strub Prairie – Casey Kohrt and Erin Irish, Co- Property Managers
2010 Accomplishments:
a. Placed the Strub rock
b. Invasive species control
Ongoing Objectives
a. Invasive species control
Turkey Creek – John VanRybroek, Property Manager; Connie Mutel and Dick Schwab
2010 Accomplishments:
a. Brome Field #2 (soon to be re-named 2nd reconstructed prairie) was sprayed twice for invasives in preparation
for prairie reconstruction. Mowed in September.
b. Continued to clear the walking trail was relocated on the east side of Turkey Creek. Numerous large autumn olive and honeysuckle were removed and burned. This was a Conservation Corps Iowa (CCI) project and a continuation from 2009.
c. A clearing next to Hidden Acres was completely cleared of autumn olive and honeysuckle. This was accomplished with CCI.
d. The spring burn of the original reconstructed prairie was accomplished conducted by Prairie Oak Restoration, LLC of Cedar Rapids.
Ongoing Objectives
a. Prairie seed obtained from Carl Kurtz will be drilled in the second field (7 acres), across creek on west side of Turkey Creek. (will actually occur in November/December of 2010).
b. Clear invasive plants along the perimeter and within the original reconstructed prairie. Also work the perimeter of the Hidden Acres clearing.
c. Mow new reconstruction 4-5 times.
d. Conduct a burn on the cleared field next to Hidden Acres.
e. Continue to clear a walking trail from Sugar Bottom Rd. on the eastside of Turkey Creek for better access attempt to establish the trail to the Hidden Acres clearing.
f. Continue to clear autumn olive.
g. Replace/Repair bridge across creek on west side of Turkey Creek (between the original reconstructed prairie and the new reconstruction project).
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JCHT Newsletter/Heritage
In 2009, our newsletter evolved into our Heritage Journal! Click below to download the publication of your choice.
- Spring, 2012
- Winter, 2011
- Fall, 2011
- Summer, 2011
- Spring, 2011
- Winter, 2010
- Nov-Dec, 2009
- Fall, 2009
- Fall, 2008
- Summer, 2008
- November, 2006
- June, 2006
- December, 2005
- June, 2005
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JCHT Award Winners
| 1989 |
Aaron Basten – for his prairie and forest restorations on his acreage near Solon |
| 1990 |
Fred Stamler – for preserving the 212-acre Hanging Rock Ridge property near East Amana and arranging for its sale to the Iowa DNR |
| 1991 |
Karole and Jim Fuller – Jim "for providing a center for ornithological information for bird lovers over the state" and Karole "for creative educational activities and dedication to widening horizons of understanding and protecting our
natural world" |
| 1992 |
Barbie Mann – "Over the past several years, Barbie Mann has developed ponds, wetlands, prairie and planted thousands of trees" on her land near Cosgrove and been "a soil conservation service volunteer" |
| 1993 |
Sandy Rhodes – for raising local awareness of endangered native species |
| 1994 |
Sycamore Farms Co., a real estate development company consisting of Jim Miller, Greg Apel, and Steve Bright – for dedicating 191 acres to wetlands and conservation in a 422-acre tract being annexed by Iowa City for development |
| 1995 |
Tina Bourjaily – for combined sale and donation of 449 acres of her land to the Iowa DNR |
| 1996 |
Nancy Seiberling – in recognition of her years of service to conservation, through the JCHT and other organizations she has led and served in |
| 1997 |
Kate Klaus – in recognition of her leadership in the Heritage Trees of Iowa City project |
| 1998 |
Dick Baker – for his leadership in local, state, and international conservation activities |
| 1999 |
Russell Bennett – for work with the Johnson Co. Secondary Roads Dept. in protecting native flora |
| 2000 |
Mark Mueller – "for raising awareness regarding prairie habitat in Iowa through his artwork" |
| 2001 |
Mary Somerville & Diana Horton – Mary for putting together a partnership between the JCSWCD and Board of Supervisors to initiate the Creek Sign Project; Diana for her teaching, her curating of the U. of I. Herbarium, and many activities to protect native areas around Iowa |
| 2002 |
Lon Drake – for extensive work in environmental remediation and reclamation, his teaching, and his example as a committed conservationist |
| 2003 |
Connie Mutel – for years of work studying the natural history of Iowa and Johnson Co., including her most recent leadership in fighting garlic mustard |
| 2004 |
Friends of Hickory Hill Park – for past and continuing work "to protect the wild nature of the Park," thru restorations, elimination of invasive species, education, co-operation with the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Dept., & other means |
| 2005 |
Bob Sayre - for his dynamic four-year presidency of the JCHT during which the organization greatly expanded its activities, and for being a life-time advocate of preserving our natural heritage. |
| 2006 |
Dale Shires - for his efforts coordinating efforts to develop a watershed protection plan for the Clear Creek Watershed. |
| 2007 |
Kathie Belgum - for David and Kathie's contribution of Belgum Grove and for their ongoing support of JCHT's mission. |
| 2008 |
The Gelman Family - for the cooperative donation of Turkey Creek by Gloria and Webster along with Tom Gelman's unselfish giving of his time and talents to support JCHT's mission and assist with land acquisition among many other things. |
| 2009 |
Wayne Petersen - A career conservationist, has dedicated a lifetime to water and soil conservation. Providing leadership and direction for the reconstruction of 15 acre prairie at Belgum grove, recreation of an oak savanna and the reconstruction of water control structure resulting in creation of a 3 acre water feature. |
| 2010 |
Don Bolin and Terry Dahms Don is often referred to as "a one man army" for his efforts on Johnson County Heritage Trust's Big Grove property. He has pretty much single handedly removed nearly all of the invasive species on that 40 acre parcel of land. Terry Dahms has provided countless hours converting JCHT's Shimek Ravine from a jungle into what will be a pristine "park-like" 13 acres of oak-hickory forest near Shimek Elementary School.
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| 2011 |
Dan Black has worked tirelessly as Co-Property Manager of Johnson County Heritage Trust's Belgum Grove Property during and since JCHT's campaign "Bringing Iowa Back to Belgum Grove". Dan has provided his equipment and many hours coordinating work groups and working to assist in installation of a 5-acre water feature, a wetland and reconstructing a prairie. |
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Members
Mary Cox
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Josephine
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Body Therapy
ATTN Brenda Klumserud
Dr. John Logsdon
Museum of Natural History
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Shima Farms
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Eskin Family Foundation
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Carrie Norton
Herteen and Stocker Jewelers
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The Hound's Tooth
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Infinity Skin Care and Spa
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The Art Mission
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Black Hills Farms, LLC
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University of Iowa Press
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Red Bone Entertainment, LLC
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Panera Bread
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Pleasant Valley Nursery and Landscaping
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Active Endeavors
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Freedom Security Bank
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Goodwill Indusstries of the Heartland
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Scheels All Sports
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Cook Appraisal Commercial Real Estate
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Shoemaker Haaland Professional Eng
Motley Cow
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Marcus Theatres Corporation
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Mid-American Energy Co
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Houseworks
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Ion Exchange
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Brown Deer Golf Club
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MMS Consultants
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Dickel Construction Co. Inc.
Barry and Emmy Hopkins
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Every Bloomin Thing
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Lola Lopes and Gregg Oden
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Lon and Barbara Drake
Heaven Scent Flowers and Gifts
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US Bank
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Terry and Ann Smothers
Iowa Artisans Gallery
ATTN Astrid Bennett
Ron and Sharon Hanson
John and Patricia Koza
Jerry and Judy Musser
James and Jean Sandrock
Gloria Gelman
Ms. Amanda Redlinger
Linda Rudolph
Riverside Theatre
Lillian Henry
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Gene Savin & Susan Enzle
Tallgrass Business Resources
Kendall and Alice Atkinson
Jesse Singerman
New Pioneer Food Co-op
Jody McKee and Carter Johnson
Richard and Jane Gibson
Neumann Monson Architects
Englert Theatre
ATTN Andre Perry
Martin Izakovic
Kim and Melanie McDonald
Selzer Werderitsch Associates
Chuck and Anne Hesse
Dick and Deb Irwin
Robert and Diane DeWitt
Robert and Vida Brenner
Susan Craig
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Chris and Sheral Jensen
Pat and Enid Cancilla
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Harry and Ellie Graves
Charles and Christine Rohret
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Terry Boles
Connie and Robert Mutel
David and Laurie Eash
Duane and Jill Miller
Doug and Jean Boatman
Sean McCarty
Kevin and Mary Somerville
A. W. Ambrisco Insurance, Inc.
ATTN Craig Welt
Andrew and Karrie Craig
Bochner Chocolates
Suzanne Soderberg
Panchero's
TMD, LLC
Richard Schwab and Katherine Burford
Wayne and Sherry Hartwig
Tom and Sue O'Dorisio
Adam and Shannon Hahn
Raymond and Kathy Venzke
Wilderness Studios
ATTN Richard Sjolund
Dick and Rina Sjolund
Andrew and Jama Lidral
Claudia McGehee
Marilyn Hiscock and Dixie Bond
Steve and Mary Adamek
John and Jean VanRybroek
Kenn and Jan Hubel
VJ Engineering
ATTN Jim Jacob
Sara Rynes Weller and Paul Weller
Stephanie and Stephen Wilson
Jane Van Voorhis & Kurt Anstreicher
Ruth Swaner
Pete Kollasch and Patricia Knox
Jeff and Judy Stevens
Terrence Neuzil
Jim Walsh
Ben and Paula Henderson
Scott Fuhrmeister
Agnes and Mike Apicella
Rebecca Reiter
Marc and Marilyn Brown
Frank and Peggy Cummings
Richard and Ute Grimlund
Mary Knight
Susan Dale Wall
Iowa City Dermatology, LLC
Adrian and Sara Schoenmaker
Don and Melissa Cantrell
Margaret Reihman
James and Carol Cooper
Larry and Diane Allen
Edie Merryman
Hetty Hall and Mark Graber
Patrick and Jean Harney
Lois Geist and Charles Carroll
Mary Cole
Mark and Bonnie Penno
Walmart
Robert and Deborah Schultz
Mr. Robert Fick
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James and Maria Conzemius
Loren and Dianna Engelbrecht
Bill and Carol Hulbary
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Mr. Donald MacDonald
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Mary and Kirk Ferentz
Gene and Vicki Callender II
Barbara Beaumont
Philip Heckel
Barbara Haring
George and Alliene Schrimper
William and Sheila Boyd
Paul Rausch
Wilson's Orchard
Mike and Mary Jensen
April Dirks Bihun and Seth Bihun
Total Tree Care of Iowa
Craig and Nancy Willis
Armond and Polly Pagliai
City Carton Recycling
Tom and Cathy Weingeist
James and Nancy Baker
Drew and Judith Dillman
Thomas Shires
Maxwell Construction
Peter and Kathryn Wallace
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Zach Wildlife Art
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Daniel Stence and Beth Holden
Bryson Dean
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Mr. Bradley Johnson
Helen Goldstein
Highland Hideaway Hunting
John and Gail Keller
Gene Szymkowiak and Erin Irish
AJ's Copper Garden
Maureen Marron and Shaun Vecera
Bagolitas by Janice
Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
Kelley Donham
Morrie Adams
Old Capitol Brew Works & Public House
Mr. David VanRoekel
Joseph and Anne Frankel
Daniel and Cheryl Nuno
Community Foundation of Johnson County
Helen Kudos and Robert Caldwell
Kathleen Henderson
Bill and Meg Furlong
Matt Banning
River Products
Bluebird Diner, 2-Tone, Inc.
George and Christiane Knorr
Barbara Shaffer
Judith Felder
Jean Walker
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Buzzard's Glory Balloon Company
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Esther Huriaux
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Mr. Henry Carson
Doug and Linda Paul
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Sutliff Cider Company
Charles and Joanne Swenson
Ronald and Karla Puettmann
Miechelle and Larry Weber
Weinstein's Studio
ATTN Alan Weinstein
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Old Creamery Theatre Co.
James and Katherine Clifton
Valerie Cool and Mark Muller
Bill and Judy Nauseef
Juanita Kosier
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Anthony and Sue Zaleski
Carolyn and John Gross
Lou Rae Hoogerwerf
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Carol Spaziani
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Bird's Eye View
Project GREEN
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Carl Klaus
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Maeve Clarke
Mark Ruggeberg
Brown Street Inn
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Suzanne and Jerry Protheroe
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Jeffry Schabilion
Dr. Stephen Scheckel
Kevin and Becky Leidal
Leash On Life
ATTN Julie Phye
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Ben and Rachael Nicholson
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Mary Lowder
Barbara Lindman
Gary and Sharon Lust
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Don Merryman
Leon and Shirley Lyvers
Chris and Anne Edwards
Rachael Williams
Amana Colonies Golf Club
Jenise Catiri
Catiri's Art Oasis
Don and Dorothy Fowles
Mr. Joe Graves
Lynn Gallagher
Lisa Spellman and Mark Trimble
Thomas and Deborah Dunn
Collectively Iowa Wines & Event Center
Iowa Theatre Artists Company
Prairie Oak Restoration, LLC
Attn. David Novak
Jeanne Cadoret
Eldon and Linda Prybil
Lucy and Mike Hershberger
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Jay Proffitt Construction Inc
Mercy Iowa City
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Blank & McCune The Real Estate Co
Carolyn Zaiser
US Dept Of Agriculture
Mary Winder
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Iowa City Landscaping & Garden Center
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Gertrude Wade
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Andrew Forbes
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Elizabeth Swain & Jeff Klahn
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Ellinor Goodwin Green
Down To Earth Florist
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Ed and Ethel Barker
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Laurel Bar
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Ted and Kay Carpenter
Nancy Lynch
Joyce Miller and Gary Frost
Brenda Nations and Art Bettis
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Jerry and Pat Meis
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Transitions Ecology, LLC
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Dan Krafka
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Candance Kamp
Donald Bolin and Liz Hall
Joan Summerwill
Marcia Wunder
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Daniel Bray
Hodge Construction
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Eco Development, LLC
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Olive and James Bakery
Richard and Linda Randell
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Bob Wachal and Jane McCune
Kai Weatherman
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1st Avenue HyVee
ATTN Scott Thompson
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Barbara Eckstein
Kristen Eastlund
John and Elizabeth Stratton
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Margaret and Charles Felling
Doug and Theresa Weihe
Jackie Blank
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Ms. Karen Chappell
Dale and Kay Prediger
William Matthes and Alicia Brown-Matthes
Mike and Judith Cilek
Evalee Mickey
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Charles and Mary Ann Peters
Wayne and Linda Petersen
Varsity Cleaners
Joy Smith and David Rust
Thomas Baldridge
Patricia Schmidt
Michelle Falkoff
John and Randee Fieselmann
Wolverine World Wide Foundation
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Don and Kathy Hodson
Jeffrey and Louise Smith
Richard and Debby Baker
Paul's Discount
Yvonne McCabe
Terence Hodgins
Holly Carver and Lain Adkins
Jenny Olson
Mary Vasey and Nick Johnson
Augusta Restaurant
Robert and Mary Kroninger
Kristin and Cary Beatty
Fred Meyer
Environmental Advocates
Jim Plowman
Custom Cutlery & Ironworks
Hair of the Dawg
Friends of Hickory Hill Park
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