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Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards

Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards (IACCB) is a nonprofit organization assisting member county conservation boards in areas of board member education, public relations, and legislation. The association's main purposes are to promote the objectives and supplement the activities of conservation boards, exchange information, assist boards and members in program development and provide a unified voice in the legislature.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources mission is to conserve and enhance our natural resources in cooperation with individuals and organizations to improve the quality of life in Iowa.

Iowa Environmental Council

The Iowa Environmental Council is an alliance of diverse organizations and individuals working with all Iowans to protect our natural environment. We seek a sustainable future through: shaping public policy, research and education, coalition-building, and advocacy.

Iowa State University Cooperative Extension

Iowa's Cooperative Extension Service provides the link by which the results of research conducted at Iowa's Land Grant University are made available to those who have uses for the information. The concept of extension is not something that just happened, but rather was a logical step in a series of uniquely American contributions to education.

Environmental Education Links

Iowa Association of Naturalists

Iowa Association of Naturalists (IAN) is a non-profit organization of people interested in promoting the development of skills and education within the art of interpreting the natural and cultural environment. IAN members are actively involved as professionals and volunteers in interpreting natural and cultural resources in Iowa.

Iowa Conservation Education Council

ICEC's mission is to ensure a healthy environment in Iowa by improving environmental literacy; promotes innovative educational methods and strategies; develops diverse partnerships; facilitates networking; provides access to information, research, and trends; and embraces a balanced perspective on environmental issues.

National Association of Interpreters

The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) is dedicated to the advancement of the profession of interpretation (on-site informal education programs at parks, zoos, nature centers, museums, and aquaria). NAI has a rich history and currently serves 4,200 members in the United States, Canada, and twenty other nations.

North American Association of Environmental Educators

The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world.

Program Links

Iowa GAP Analysis

The purpose of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide broad geographic information on the status of ordinary species (those not threatened with extinction or naturally rare) and their habitats in order to provide land managers, planners, scientists, and policy makers with the information they need to make better-informed decisions.

NatureMapping

NatureMapping is a way for us as humans to find out more about those fellow living beings with whom we share this Earth. It is a way of finding out "who's out there" and where they live. Together with the other parts of the U.S. Geological Survey's Gap Analysis Program, NatureMapping can help us keep common animals common.

Iowa State University Links

Department of Animal Ecology

The Department of Animal Ecology has a focus on the ecology and management of free-living vertebrate and invertebrate animals commonly referred to as wildlife and treated in U.S. law as a public natural resource. The Department seeks to provide high quality programs contributing to the knowledge and wise management of the wildlife resources in Iowa, the nation and the world.

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology is a public land-grant institution serving the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world through its interrelated programs of instruction, research, extension, and professional service. With an institutional emphasis upon areas related to science and technology, the University carries out its traditional mission of discovering, developing, disseminating, and preserving knowledge.