Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 395
Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust
Records, 1920-1993, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust
title: Records
dates: 1920-1993, undated
extent: 1.3 linear feet (1 records center carton)
collection number:

MS 395
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust Records, MS 395, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust (IRGRT) is based in Eldora, Iowa, and is committed to preserving, protecting and enhancing the Iowa River Greenbelt for future generations. The group’s priority issues are water quality, woodland enrichment and reforestation, environmental education, and recreational trails. IRGRT programs include summer environmental education camps; forestry education, water quality advancement, and bike trail conservation. It is a non-profit organization and publishes a quarterly newsletter.

The group rallied in the late 1980s and early 1990s in response to the Iowa Department of Transportation's proposals about how to move U.S. Highway 20 through the Iowa River Greenbelt. Members continue to actively advocate for the Iowa River Greenbelt.

 

Collection description

The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and Department of Transportation maps and reports relating to the Iowa River and moving U.S. Highway 20 through Hardin County, Iowa, including the destruction of the Eagle City Bridge. Correspondents include Janet Kinney, Mary Lou Gunderson, and Robert de Neui.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

59

About IRGRT

2002

1

1

Agreement between Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust (IRGRT)

1992

1

2

Alternative Comparison Table

undated

1

3

Annual reports

1991-1992

1

4

Board members / Organizational chart

1989-1992, undated

1

5

By-laws

1991, 1993

1

6

Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Study - Relocated U.S. Highway 20 in Hardin County, Iowa

1991

1

7

Coordination of land-use projects in Iowa

1992, undated

1

8

Correspondence

1988-1990

1

9

Correspondence

1991

1

10

Correspondence

1992

1

11

Correspondence

1993

1

12

Correspondence

undated

1

13

De Neui, Robert's comments on alternate route controversy

1992

1

14

DOT: Correspondence

1991-1992

1

15

DOT: Division descriptions

1990 circa

1

16

DOT: Environmental Policy Statement

1991

1

17

DOT: Erosion and Sediment Control

1989

1

18

DOT: Executive Summary Biological Resources Data Base - Relocated U.S. Highway 20 Hardin County, Iowa

1990

1

19

DOT: U.S. Highway 20 Enhancement proposals

1992

1

20

DOT: Information pertaining to the relocated U.S. 20

1991

1

21

DOT: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

1992-1993

1

22

DOT: Proposed U.S. Highway 520 Route location hearing

1967

1

23

DOT: Relocated U.S. Highway 20 Draft Environmental Impact Statement

1991

1

24

DOT: Right of way impacts

1991

1

25

DOT: U.S. Highway 20 Relocation project statement

1991

1

26

DOT: Wetland Evaluation

undated

1

27

Ellsworth College Nature Center

1993

1

28

Environmental Education

1993

1

29

"Environmental Integrity - A quality of life agenda for discussion and action"

1990

1

30

Financial Records

1990-1993, undated

1

31

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) deficit Bill

1991

1

32

Hardin County Conservation Board Reports

1988, undated

1

33

Hardin County Greenbelt Corridor Definition / Acquisition of Public Lands

1992

1

34

Iowa River Slide Program

1992

1

35

IRGRT U.S. Highway 20 Enhancement Priorities

1993, undated

1

36

"Joint Resolution expressing a preference for the routing of relocated U.S. Highway 20 from U.S. Highway 65 east through Hardin County"

1990

1

37

Maps

undated

1

38

Master Plan: Iowa River Greenbelt

undated

1

39

Meeting agendas and minutes

1989-1993, undated

1

40

Natural history of Iowa readings

1920-1973, undated

1

41

Newsletters

1991, undated

1

42

Notes: Kinney, Janet - bound notes

1992-1993

1

43

Notes: Kinney, Janet - loose notes

undated

1

44

Photographs: Runkel, Sylvan / Greenbelt Prairie (10 color)

undated

1

45

Plans and projects committee report

1988

1

46

Plans for 1989

ca. 1988

1

47

Preferred route - partial

1992

1

48

Publicity: Letters to the editor

1987-1992

1

49

Publicity: News clippings

1991-1993

1

51

Publicity: News clippings

1991-1993

1

50

Publicity: Tourism brochures

1992-1993, undated

1

52

Readings: Advocacy

1982-1992

1

53

Readings: Conservation - general

1989-1992

1

54

Readings: Philosophy

undated

1

55

Recreational trails

1992

1

56

Resources Enhancement and Protection (REAP)

1990 circa

1

57

"River Voices"

1992

1

58

United States Department of the Interior Office of Environmental Affairs comments on Draft Environmental Statement

1991