PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, at the Mills County Conservation Board Nature Center, 56235 Deacon Road, in Pacific Junction.
Commissioners will meet on Sept. 12 at 12:30 p.m. at the nature center for a presentation and field tour of the area. The meeting and tour is open to the public.
Members of the NRC are Kim Francisco, Dennis Schemmel, Margo Underwood, Marcus Branstad, Phyllis Reimer, Tom Prickett and Laura Hommel. The acting director of the DNR is Bruce Trautman.
Any person attending the public meeting and has special requirements such as those related to mobility or hearing impairments should contact the DNR or ADA Coordinator at 515-725-8200, Relay Iowa TTY Service 800-735-7942, or Webmaster@dnr.iowa.gov, and advise of specific needs.
The following is the agenda for the Sept. 13 meeting.
- Approve Agenda
- Consent Agenda*
- Contract with Superior Cable and Data LLC
- Contract with Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc.
- Timber Sale Contract with Jones Wood Heating and Logging, LLC (Yellow River State Forest)
- Timber Sale Contract with Yoder Sawmill, LLC (Stephens State Forest)
- Timber Sale Contract with Dan Jones dba Dan Jones Logging (North Bear Wildlife Management Area (WMA))
- Timber Sale Contract with RJ Lumber, L.L.C. (Shimek State Forest)
- Timber Sale Contract with Yoder Sawmill, LLC (Shimek State Forest)
- 2018-2019 Deer Management Zone Hunts (Amended)
- Public Land Management Project: Management Agreement Renewal – McKain’s River Access Area – Washington County
- Approve Minutes of Aug. 9 Meeting
- Acting Director’s Remarks
- Division Administrator’s Remarks
- Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Request
- Donations
- Brass Bluegill Award and Special Recognition – 2018
- Chapter 15, General License Regulations – Final Rule
- *Contract with Superior Cable and Data LLC
- Chapter 40, Boating Speed and Distance Zoning – Petition for Rulemaking
- *Contract with Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc.
- *Timber Sale Contract with Jones Wood Heating and Logging, LLC (Yellow River State Forest)
- *Timber Sale Contract with Yoder Sawmill, LLC (Stephens State Forest)
- *Timber Sale Contract with Dan Jones dba Dan Jones Logging (North Bear WMA)
- *Timber Sale Contract with RJ Lumber, L.L.C. (Shimek State Forest)
- *Timber Sale Contract with Yoder Sawmill, LLC (Shimek State Forest)
- *2018-2019 Deer Management Zone Hunts (Amended)
- Contract with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (North Kiowa WMA)
- Contract with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Sampler Waterfowl Production Area)
- Contract with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Dudgeon Lake WMA)
- Contract with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Stephens State Forest, Banner Flats WMA)
- Contract with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
- *Public Land Management Project: Management Agreement Renewal – McKain’s River Access Area – Washington County
- Public Land Acquisition Projects
- Big Wall Lake WMA, Wright County – Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF)
- Whitetail Flats WMA, Franklin and Wright County - INHF
- Small Construction Projects
- Construction Project – Black Hawk Marsh Wetland Excavations – Sac County
- General Discussion
- Natural Resource Commission Annual Report
- Next Meeting, Oct. 11, in Des Moines
For a complete agenda, go to www.iowadnr.gov/nrc