Iowa’s Coldwater Conservancy (ICC) works as a facilitator and partner in collaborations with educators, businesses, other NGOs, public agencies, and landowners on projects to protect and improve the ecosystems that sustain our coldwater rivers and streams while expanding public access to these vital and unique natural resources
In 2024, the Mitchell County Conservation Board (MCCB) began fundraising to acquire a unique parcel of privately owned land a few miles northeast of Osage. This 63 acre property includes …
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 …
Iowa Coldwater Conservancy helps fund porta potties at the confluence of North and South Bear. This helps to reduce human impact and protect water quality. Simple improvements like this support …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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