Sunrise Over Bear: Protecting a Rare Iowa Stream
Bear Creek Project History and ICC Grant Support Imagine a deep and verdant valley where a beautiful coldwater stream flows within the hills of northeast Iowa and is surrounded by …
Beaver Analogs on Catfish Creek-New Melleray Abbey
In August 2024, Iowa Coldwater Conservancy provided $5,000 in funding to support a stream restoration project on Catfish Creek at the New Melleray Abbey in Dubuque County. The project centered …
Casey Springs Restoration Project
Phase 1, May/June 2023 Casey Springs is a coldwater stream that flows through the Sindelar Wildlife Access Area in Winneshiek County. This spring creek has wild Brown Trout and a …
Bloody Run Creek-Water Sampling
In October of 2021, ICC awarded a grant of $2,000 to the “Save Bloody Run Committee”. ICC joined numerous conservation partners to help this grass roots group of volunteers purchase …
Rissman Farm Access
Yellow River, Allamakee County, IA In 2018 the Rissman family, who for many generations have lived and worked on their farm in Allamakee county, agreed to sell a Permanent Angler Access …
Little Paint Creek
Yellow River State Forest, IA Before and after photos of Little Paint Creek in the Yellow River Forest in Allamakee County from the winterof 2021 and 2022 tell the story …
The North and South Bear Creeks Watershed Endowment Funds
Warren Shuros grew up on a farm on North Bear Creek a few miles from Highlandville in Winneshiek County. Whenever he could find time, he would hunt and fish throughout the …
Streambank Restoration at Decorah Fish Hatchery
It all started with an idea to improve fish habitat and angler access along Trout Run, a popular fishery just south of Decorah. It quickly developed into a partnership between the Iowa DNR, Trees Forever, Alliant Energy, Iowa’s Coldwater Conservancy (ICC), Friends of the Decorah Fish Hatchery, and the Iowa Driftless Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
In 2016, Trout Run was the third most popular trout stream in the state