Come out to Osborne Park on Friday, January 28th at 5:30pm to learn about these secretive nocturnal animals. Visitors will learn about all the things that make owls so amazing before heading out to the forest to look and listen along Osborne’s trails while we try to call owls in. This fun night hike will […]
Ice fishing Clinic Frenchtown Ice Fishing Clinic Saturday, February 12th, 1:00 pm Event will be at Frenchtown County Park 26254 Mississippi Rd, Garnavillo Reservations Required for borrowing equipment The Clayton County Conservation Board will sponsor a fun day on the ice on Saturday, February 12th from 1:00-3:00. Join us at Frenchtown County Park for […]
Geomorphology – the study of landscapes – contributes to our understanding of the Upper Midwest and the histories of its mighty rivers, the Mississippi, the Minnesota, the Missouri, and their tributaries. These modern rivers surround the Iowan Erosion Surface (IES) landform region, with its enigmatic geomorphology and sediments. Many features of the Silurian Escarpment and […]
Clayton County Conservation in partnership with the Turkey River Recreational Corridor is pleased to be hosting the 2022 Osborne Disc Golf tournament on Saturday, May 14th, at the Osborne Park disc golf course. Rain date will be one week later, May 21st. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00 AM with same-day […]
The next Older, Wiser, Livelier, Souls program will be on Thursday, May 26th. This year’s theme is “Discover our Museums”, and May’s event will be a visit to Garnavillo, Iowa to explore their Historical Society Museum. This season we will feature museum adventures throughout Northeast Iowa to reconnect to this amazing and historic part of […]
National Trails Day is an annual celebration, held on the first Saturday in June, inviting people to celebrate their local hometown trails with a pledge to leave them better than they found them. The Becker West Wildlife Area exemplifies this ideal like nowhere else, where neighboring landowners volunteered their time last summer to reclaim an […]
The next Older, Wiser, Livelier, Souls program will be on Thursday, September 15th. This year’s theme is “Discover our Museums”, and for September, O.W.L.S. will travel to Independence to tour the Days of Yore Museum at the Independence Mental Health Institute Learn about the early days of mental health treatment at the Days of Yore museum. The […]
Pickin' On The Prairies Come and join Clayton County Conservation this fall for several volunteer opportunities to help restore natural areas throughout Clayton County! The CCCB will host four prairie seed harvest events at county parks. No identification skills necessary! The meeting locations will be as follows: Sept. 22nd – Osborne Park Pond Shelter • […]
Attracting Success Summit Friday, September 23, 2022 Volga City Opera House, Volga, IA Northeast Iowa Young Professionals will attract success to Clayton County on Friday, September 23 at the Volga City Opera House. Young adults and families are choosing to call Iowa’s non-urban communities in Northeast Iowa home. Participants will learn about programs and tools to […]
Pickin' On The Prairies Come and join Clayton County Conservation this fall for several volunteer opportunities to help restore natural areas throughout Clayton County! The CCCB will host four prairie seed harvest events at county parks. No identification skills necessary! The meeting locations will be as follows: Sept. 22nd – Osborne Park Pond Shelter • […]
Pickin' On The Prairies Come and join Clayton County Conservation this fall for several volunteer opportunities to help restore natural areas throughout Clayton County! The CCCB will host four prairie seed harvest events at county parks. No identification skills necessary! The meeting locations will be as follows: Sept. 22nd – Osborne Park Pond Shelter • […]
47th ANNUAL OSBORNE HERITAGE DAYS OCTOBER 8 & 9 Clayton County Conservation’s 47th Annual Osborne Heritage Days will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 8th and 9th, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day. Travel back in time to experience some of the sights, sounds, smells and activities of early pioneers […]