On the the eve of the 43rd anniversary of it’s conception I want to wish you all Happy Earth Day!. I did not realize until tonight when I was watching “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” on IPTV, that today actually marks the 65th anniversary of Aldo Leopold’s death fighting […]

One of our members forwarded the attached message below to me and I felt compelled to pass this on to the group. It’s from a group called 350.org, and they are looking to hold movie screenings of a film called “Do the Math: The Movie”. Check out the links and the trailer below. Looks like […]

Clayton County CAN! meeting next Thursday, April 25, 6 p.m. at the Freedom Bank Community Room, Elkader. We need to open with a short business meeting as we have several issues to discuss but the main topic for the evening will be Frac Sand Mining. We have guest speakers, Ric Zarwell and Jeff Abbas, co-founders […]

The following is from an e-mail update from the Iowa Conservation Alliance. For more information you can check out their website at www.iowaconservationalliance.com or click on the link on the right hand side of this page. “It has not been a terribly productive session for hunting, fishing and outdoor interests. But you can change that. […]

Announcing the Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network meeting this Thursday, September 27, 6 p.m. at the Osborne Nature Center on Hwy 13 south of Elkader. The highlight of the evening will be to hear from CAN! member Brian Gibbs on how he spent his summer working as a naturalist out in Glacier National Park in […]

The public is invited to celebrate the beautiful and historic Turkey River on Saturday, August 11, at Turkey River Rocks! This special day of river activities begins in Elkader and ends downstream at the Motor Mill historic site. “We are excited to help host this event that will feature the unique attractions found along our […]

Who’s up for a fish fry? At our last meeting the Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network overwhelmingly decided to lend it’s support for the upcoming Turkey River Rocks! river awareness event to be held Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Elkader. That’s one month from now, so there’s not much time left to get ready. For […]

Meeting attendance 20 First item of discussion Turkey River Rocks! Turkey River Rocks! is an annual event promoted by Iowa Rivers Revival, a non-profit group based out of Des Moines that tries to promote the health and recreational value of Iowa’s Rivers. This is the third year and they have chosen to come to the […]

Big Blue Sky will play at the Elkader Opera House on Saturday, April 28, in a benefit for the Osborne Partners for Education Endowment.
Osborne Partners was set up by Susi Nehls and Roy Blair in honor of Susi’s Dad, Joseph Hickey, who was a student of Aldo Leopold.
A silent auction starts at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Suggested donation $15 at the door.

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The Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network is planning to celebrate with an Earth Day Gathering this Sunday April 22, 1 p.m. at Turkey River Park in Elkader. Depending on how many folks show up, we will split up into smaller groups and each group will choose a different natural area to visit and pick up […]

Happy One Year Anniversary to the Clayton County Conservation Awareness Network! In order to celebrate this event we are going to offer a FREE MOVIE screening of the film “YERT – Your Environmental Road Trip” at the Elkader Opera House, Sunday, February 19, at 4 p.m. This is truly an amazing film that has won […]

As Larry Stone put it, “the bluffland protection issue is back on the front burner” and will be one of the main items on the agenda of the Clayton County Planning and Zoning meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday October 11, 7:30 p.m. at the county office building in Elkader. The particular topic for discussion is a […]