The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 9:30 a.m. in the Walnut Woods Conference Room, 6200 Park Avenue, Des Moines. The meeting is open to the public, with options to attend in person or remotely by video at https://meet.google.com/sco-mbns-qva or by phone at 442-242-3609, PIN 883 789 392#. NRC members include Tom Prickett, Uriah Hansen, Tammi Kircher, KR Buck, Laura Kudej, Bill Moritz, and Collin Brecher, with Iowa DNR Director Kayla Lyon also taking part.
The agenda includes approval of the agenda and minutes, remarks from the director and division administrators, donation approvals, multiple land, habitat, and public management projects, and grant agreements with the National Audubon Society, Iowa State University, Upper Iowa University, and the Wildlife Management Institute. It also includes construction projects such as shoreline restoration, dam mitigation, and campground improvements, along with public land acquisitions and easements…