Natural Resource Commission to meet august 13 in clear lake

 CLEAR LAKE – The Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 13, at the Lakeview Community Room/Bandshell, on North Lakeview Drive, in City Park, between Main Avenue and 1^st Avenue North, in Clear Lake.

Commission and DNR staff will meet at 10 a.m., Aug. 12, at the Ventura Wildlife Management Unit for an update on Honey Creek Resort State Park, then at 1 p.m. leave for a tour of the area.  The commission will have dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the Clear Lake Annual Steak Fry, held at Eagle Lake, 2558 Lake Avenue, near Britt.  The tour and the meeting are open to the public.

Members of the commission are Kim Francisco, Elizabeth Garst, Carol Kramer, Gregory Drees, Janelle Rettig, William Bird and Tammi Kircher.  The Director of the DNR is Richard Leopold.

The following is the agenda for the August meeting.

·        Approve Agenda

·        Approve Minutes of July 9 Meeting

·        Director’s Remarks

·        Construction Projects

• E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center, Dubuque County – Sanitary Sewer Forcemain
• Burr Oak Lake, Emmet County – Wetland Restoration

·        Small Construction Projects Contracts

·        Land Acquisition Projects

• Tuttle Lake Wetland Complex, Emmet County – Mitchell/Stoner
• Otter Creek Marsh, Tama County – James and Susan Chizek
• Chain-O-Lakes Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Linn County – Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF)
• Red Rock WMA, Warren County - INHF

·        Land Management Projects

·        Management Agreement, Decatur County – Little River WMA

·        Management Agreement, Louisa County – Upper Mississippi River WMA

·        Final Rule – Chapter 21, Agricultural Lease Program

·        Final Rule – Chapter 15, General License Regulations

·        Notice of Intended Action – Chapter 113, Restitution for Pollution Causing Injury to Wild Animals

·        Contract with Lake Improvements Commission for Storm Lake Dredging

·        Final Rule – Chapter 77, Endangered and Threatened Plant and Animal Species

·        Cultural Resource Evaluation Contract with ISU

·        Wildlife Habitat Promotion with Local Entities Program Grant Review

·        Emergency Final Rule – Chapter 91, Waterfowl and Coot Hunting Seasons

·        Agreement with Pheasants Forever and the Natural Resources Conservation Service

·        Donations

·        Natural Resource Based Business Opportunity Grants Program

·        Council Bluffs Riverfront Development, Pottawattamie County

·        General Discussion

·        Alcohol Use in State Parks on July 4^th in Dickinson County and Lake Macbride

·        Items for Next Meeting, Sept. 10, Dickinson County

For more information, contact Melissa Speed, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, at 515-281-8650.