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Staff: Address: Phone: 515/281-3146 Fax: 515/242-6025 Duane Toomsen assists with curriculum planning, development and implementation; provides program materials for E.E. and serves as a resource for staff development. Project Food, Land & People is coordinated from this office and coordination of Project WET with David McCalley, University of Northern Iowa. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Conservation
Education Center Staff: Address: Phone: 515/747-8383 Fax: 515/747-3951 Email: Program: Provide EE curriculum, programming, materials, and develop individualized schedules for schools (K-12) and youth groups; plan and coordinate workshops for teachers, naturalists, and youth group leaders on EE and natural resource topics (contact office for a fee schedule); offer outdoor skill opportunities for nontraditional audiences Program List Available: No Facilities: Residential E.E. facility in 876-acre Springbrook Recreation Area: buildings include 3 dormitories (for 104 people overnight), classroom/office building with library, dining hall (seats 150) and exhibit area; habitats include forest, prairie, lake, marsh, and stream Hours: Programs by appointment, office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Interpretive personnel available (by appointment) Staff: Address: Phone: 515/747-2200 Fax: 515/747-2200 Email: bgigar_iadnr@msn.com Position: Statewide coordination of Fish Iowa! teaching module and Project WILD Aquatic, Project WILD, and Project Learning Tree through training programs and workshops for K-12 educators (formal and non formal); development of supplemental teaching aids, informational materials and displays dealing with aquatic topics; coordination of National Fishing Week and other special events Program List Available: Yes Theme: Fish of Iowa/ Hatchery Production Staff: Address: Phone: 319/245-2446 Fax: 319/245-1876 Email: bsprings@netins.net Program List Available: No E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Interpretive personnel available (by appointment) Theme: Trout Program-Big Spring Study -Acid Rain Staff: Address: Phone: 319/934-3572 Fax: 319/934-3565 Email: cedarrock@netins.net Program: Guided tours of residence and visitor center (visitors depart from visitor center to residence by tram) Program List Available: No Facilities: Fully restored and furnished residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright- designed boathouse on Wapsipinicon River and outdoor council fire; visitor center Hours: May-Oct. 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tue.-Sun. (special tours by appointment) E.E. Center: Yes Theme: No E.B. LYONS NATURE CENTER/MINES OF SPAIN Staff: Address: Phone: 319/556-0620 Fax: 319/556-8474 Program: Field trips to the center by school, youth groups and groups of 10 or more people provided during open hours when center is open; interpretive programs for general public; special children's day camps in summer; special events on site, planned bi-yearly (call for more information) Program List Available: No Facilities: 37-acre nature center with nature and historic exhibits, special children's room (Lyon's Den), & aquaria; self-guided trails, bird & butterfly garden, prairies, 1800s chapel; located adjacent to 1,380-acre Mines of Spain area and Julien Dubuque Monument Hours: E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Interpretive
personnel available (by appointment) Theme: Nature/Local History Staff: Address: Phone:319/252-1156 Fax: 319/252-2469 Program: Admission to the public aquarium is free with tours by appointment; visitors can learn about the fish of the Mississippi, the trout of northeast Iowa, reptiles (especially turtles) of the area, freshwater mussels, and fisheries in general; the Guttenberg facility is responsible for the operation and management of Mississippi pools No. 9, 10, 11 and coordination between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Army Corps of Engineers in the states of Iowa and Wisconsin; Northern pike are raised (April) and the fry are distributed through Iowa as required by fisheries managers Program List Available: No Facilities: Public aquarium with displays detailing the fish of the Mississippi, the trout of northeast Iowa, reptiles (especially turtles) of the area, freshwater mussels, and fisheries in general Hours: May 1-Sept. 30: 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Interpretive personnel available (by appointment) Theme: Fish Management Staff: Address: Phone: 319/425-4161 Fax: 319/425-3004 Program: Open to general public and to groups by appointment Program List Available: No Facilities: Museum located in reconstructed fort building in Ft. Atkinson, Iowa; variety of history exhibits; interpretive signs on grounds Hours: Weekends on a seasonal basis and by appointment E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Theme: History of the Fort Atkinson fort Staff: Address: Phone: 712/337-3211 Fax: 712/337-3211 Email: dave.stoever@dnr.state.ia.us.gov Program: During the summer months, a weekly interpretive program is given at each of the campgrounds, Emerson Bay, Gull Point and Marble Beach; all other programming is by appointment Program List Available: No Facilities: Gull Point manages all of the park areas in the Iowa Great Lakes Region which are state parks as well as the following areas outside of the Lakes Area: Wanata, Trapper's Bay, Ft. Defiance and Okamanpedon; a self-guided trail is located at Gull Point Hours: On a seasonal basis IOWA CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS MUSEUM Staff: Address: Phone: 319/924-2527 Program: Open to the public as well as to groups by appointment Program List Available: No Facilities: Museum with permanent and changing displays on the Civilian Conservation Corps in Iowa; wide variety of CCC-constructed buildings and structures Hours: Weekends on a seasonal basis as well as to groups by appointment Staff: Address: Phone: 319/351-5738 Program: Guided tours available to general public and to groups by special arrangement Program List Available: No Facilities: Fully restored and furnished residence in Iowa City, built by Robert Lucas, Iowa's first territorial governor in the 1840s Hours: Mid-Apr.- mid-Oct.: Wed.-Sun. 1:00-4:30 p.m. LAND QUALITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT Staff: Address: Phone: 515/281-8263 Fax: 515/281-8895 Email: Merry.Rankin@dnr.state.ia.us Position: Works on projects including: sustainable building, green purchasing and recycled content demonstration projects (glasphalt and park and open space enhancement). Also has involvement with legislative proposals related to waste diversion including the Bottle Bill. Can be contacted for educational presentations. Program List Available: No Theme: Waste Management Staff: Address: Phone: 641/647-2406 Fax: 641/647-2690 Program List Available: Yes E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Interpretive personnel available (by appointment) Theme: Fisheries in Iowa Staff: Address: Phone: 319/652-5833 Fax: 319/652-0061 Program: Formal park visitor center with displays and "cave orientation center" facility Program List Available: No Facilities: Museum buildings with a variety of exhibits on the prehistory, history, and fauna of the Maquoketa area Hours: Summer: for general public and to groups by appointment SOUTH BLUFF NATURE CENTER AND BUTTERFLY GARDEN Staff: Address: Phone: 319/872-4019
(Office) Program: Open to the public, including school and youth groups Program List Available: Yes Facilities: Nature center, located at Nelson Unit of the park, with variety of exhibits on geology, flora, and fauna; garden sanctuary for butterflies containing 150 plots of plants offering food and shelter for butterflies with formal walkways and a pond Hours: Weekends on a seasonal basis and tours by appointment E.E. Center: Yes Aids: Theme: No |