Our Mission
It is the Conservation Board’s responsibility to acquire, develop, maintain and make available, to the inhabitants of the county, public museums, parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreational centers, environmental educational opportunities, county forests, wildlife and other conservation areas; and to promote and preserve the health and general welfare of the people; and to encourage the orderly development and conservation of natural resources; and to cultivate good citizenship by providing adequate programs of public recreation.
We are proud to serve residents of Allamakee County, Iowa.
Founded in 1989In 1955, the 56th General Assembly passed the "County Conservation Law" - Chapter 350 of the Code of Iowa (then Chapter 111A). This law created a conservation-outdoor recreation program that was unique at the time, and required the voters of each individual county in Iowa to establish their local county conservation board. In 1956, the first 16 boards were approved, and in 1989 - Allamakee County was added as the state's 99th county conservation board. Today, county conservation boards own and/or manage nearly 200,000 acres of parks, natural areas, preserves and trails in over 1,850 areas across Iowa! The County Conservation Board system has filled a gap that once existed between community-managed public recreation areas and the state's outdoor recreation facilities. (Iowa Association of Conservation Boards)
