MCCB Director Herring speaks to Chapter JU-LT
Located on Marsh Avenue, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service played a key role in creating a plan in the now complete Mann Wetlands Wildlife Management Area. “They designed a wetland for us,” said Marshall County Conservation Board Director Emily Herring, as she recounted the collaborative efforts of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Pheasants Forever in the wetland-prairie restoration project of the Marshall County Conservation Board. Today, the beautiful Mann Wetlands, located south of Albion, is open to the ...
August Golf Tournament raises $8,500 for TTT/C4G campers
Profit from the 4th annual TTT Golf Tournament, held Aug. 8 at the American Legion Golf Course, is the “highest ever,” according to a report when Iowa ET/Camping4Girls met this week. Proceeds from the tournament are earmarked for sending local 10-year-old girls to the Des Moines YMCA Camp each summer. To emphasize the fact that sending girls to camp is the primary mission of the organization, the longtime legal name (The National T.T.T. Society) has legally been changed to “Camping4Girls,” and in the transition, chapters are frequently using the TTT/C4G label to help the public ...