More than 50 conservationists shared their passion for protecting northeast Iowa’s natural heritage at a land protection workshop held Saturday (February 20) at the Keystone Area Agency in Elkader. Participants heard advice on preserving their natural areas and sustainable farms from Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) representatives Anita O’Gara and Brian Fankhauser, and from Suzan […]
Author: Larry Stone
Sand Mining Expansion Study Group Meeting Notes 2.4.16
Mining committee notes 2-4-16 by Larry A. Stone The first meeting of the mine reserve expansion study committee was held Feb. 4 at 6 pm at the Clayton County office building. In attendance: Janet Ott, zoning administrator Committee members: Tom Blake, Roy Blair, Jack Knight, Mike Finnegan, Barbara Anne Osmundson Pattison representative: John Hendrix Recorder: […]
Subject: bluffland development denied
Perhaps you’ve heard by now – the Clayton County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 2 denied the permit to Ivan Hardt for his development along the Mississippi River in southern Clayton County. Hardt revised his proposed covenant for landowners to add an orchard lot, and to advise residents that they could not file nuisance complaints […]