RAIN GARDEN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

Rain Gardens design and implementation was completed in Storm Lake. The Rain Garden project is part of a Low Impact Development program to reduce and filter urban runoff.  

The Green Bus Tour is an annual event sponsored by the Iowa Lakes RC&D and the County Conservation Boards of Clay, Palo Alto and O'Brien. The Tour takes interested community members to see environmentally friendly projects and businesses.

The RC&D acquired grant funds through the Iowa Department of Economic Development to install ten dry fire hydrants in a five country area.

Web Wireless is a locally owned internet business in the community of Web, population 100 people. The RC&D assisted with a low interest loan to allow the business to expand to other nearby communities. 

The Dew Drop Drill is a small scale native seed planter that is sold by the Little Sioux Prairie Company in Spencer, Iowa. The Iowa Lakes RC&D assisted in the product design and start-up of this business. Grant funding was provided by IA DNR/RDTF for startup assistance.

Assistance was provided to move and develop this log cabin built in the early 1950s to its new location at the Clay County Fair Grounds. Its primary use is during the Clay County Fair when over 300,000 people attend the 9 day event.

Through a grant funded by USDA/NRCS a cost-share program for producers was established to assist with installation of solar powered watering systems to better utilize pasture lands. Click here to learn more.

The Prairie Flower Company was an Iowa Lakes RC&D business incubator project. It currently is a successful business located in Fostoria, Iowa. Grant funding was provided by IA DNR/RDTF for startup assistance. Click here to visit The Prairie Flower's Web site.

RC&D developed this project to provide individuals and businesses with an alternative to landfilling used computer equipment. The RC&D also donates refurbished computers to nonprofit organizations. Click here to learn more. Click here to learn about this service.

The RC&D assisted with planning, funding and implementation of a five acre education area that included a prairie, windbreak, timber establishment and butterfly garden.