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Iowa River Corridor Project
Fish & Wildlife Service Contact:
Port Louisa NWR
10728 CR X61
Wapello IA 52653-9477
Phone: 319-523-6982
Fax: 319-523-6960
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)State Contact:
Rick Trine
2501 S. Center Street, #L
Marshalltown, IA 50158
Phone: (641) 752-5521
Inter-Agency Program
The Service is engaged with other agencies in promoting biological diversity and natural river floodplain structure and function by purchase, restoration, and management of floodprone farm land and floodplain wetlands along the Iowa River in Benton, Tama and Iowa counties.
Approximately 10,000 acres have been purchased by the Service on Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) easements allowing for the
development, management, and protection of fish and wildlife resources. Service ownership also affords public use opportunities which would not be available on privately held WRP easement areas.Project Goals
Provide landowners a menu of land use and land management assistance options that represent sound floodplain management
Manage public lands and easements in the project to provide for the natural diversity and functions of the Iowa River system
Use the characteristics of the floodplain to improve the Iowa River quality for fish and wildlife
Provide an interpretive opportunity to illustrate floodplain system management
Demonstrate and illustrate the economic outcomes of alternative floodplain management and land uses
Use private and public partnerships to the fullest extent of each agencies’ resources to accomplish the objectives
Management Responsibilities
In addition to the involvement of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in obtaining easements to reduce annual crop loss in the floodplain, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is a partner with the Service in managing purchased lands
Through a Memorandum of Understanding the Iowa DNR has assumed day-to-day management responsibility for the Service purchased lands
The Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge complex and Port Louisa NWR staff works closely with the DNR on purchased land management issues
The Service’s Iowa Private Lands Office assists with privately held easement projects
