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Point 6: Public Participation Plan

In the process of developing this CMP, eight community meetings
were held in the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway corridor, and a broad
survey and questionnaire were developed and distributed at
special events and online via Survey Monkey (available on CD). Please join natural resource and
The community meetings served to inform attendees about the recreational specialists at an
CMP initiative and the Byway and enlist their interests, ideas,
concerns, enthusiasm, and future support as stakeholders. Iowa Valley Scenic Byway
informational “fair” and
Each public session provided programming on targeted intrinsic prairie walk
quality features illustrated with large-scale maps. Attendees were
asked to identify or submit additional features. This information Saturday, September 18
was subsequently recorded and compiled for this CMP and The Marengo Public Library
incorporated into the new Byway brochure and audio tour. from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
Attendees were also asked what meaningful volunteer roles they Come learn about the
wildlife, wetlands, and
would consider for the future. A database of Byway stakeholders bottom land forests of the The Iowa Valley Scenic Byway,
with contact information was developed from the public events scenic Iowa River region and a route running along the
and survey� how we might protect them. Iowa River through Tama,
Benton and Iowa counties,
Eat a cookie, have some
lemonade, and find out encompasses important cultural,
more about the great archaeological and scenic
paddling, biking, fishing, locations, including the Amana
hunting, birding, and hiking Colonies and the Sac and Fox
opportunities in this scenic Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
stretch of eastern Iowa.
Settlement near Tama.
At 2:30 PM, the day’s events
will conclude with a local For more information, visit:
prairie walk.
http://www.ivrcd.org/ or
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/.
Or, contact Peter Hoehnle at 319-622-3264,
peter@ivrcd.org, or Lynn Alex, 319-384-
IOWA VALLEY RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT
0561, lynn-alex@uiowa.edu.