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ABOUT OUR PARTNERS
GREEN IOWA AMERICORPS: LAND AND WATER
Green Iowa AmeriCorps is a division of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal program created by former President William J. Clinton in 1993. It is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps Land & Water Steward's primary mission is to revive Iowa's lost or disappearing ecosystems and improve water quality throughout the state. Focus is placed on outreach and education initiatives such as proper land management practices, ecosystem revitalization, storm-water management and pesticide reduction to help ensure progress towards the overall program goals.
Green Iowa Americorps
WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY
William Penn University is a private, liberal arts university in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Founded in 1873, William Penn University provides the opportunity for an educational experience with a focus on leadership, technology, and the Quaker principles of simplicity, peace-making, integrity, community, and equality. As one of the Host Sites in the Mahaska Partnership, William Penn University is helping AmeriCorps members to work toward a goal of building a more eco-friendly Oskaloosa.
William Penn
City of Oskaloosa
CITY OF OSKALOOSA PUBLIC WORKS
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City of Oskaloosa Public Works is responsible for promoting safe and environmentally sensitive development within the community, as well as planning and overseeing the construction and assessments of streets, sidewalks, and other public utilities. They are working with Green Iowa AmeriCorps members to survey the water bodies (creeks, streams, open channels, and intakes) using GPS devices.
MAHASKA SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Mahaska County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) supports the soil and water conservation districts. This is done through public education, acknowledgement, commissioner development, policy, on-the-ground conservation, conservation practice promotion, events, and more. Through the SWCD, AmeriCorps members have been assisting with water collection and testing for the Muchakinock Watershed Project. The SWCD and the City of Oskaloosa Public Works are working together in assisting the AmeriCorps members with guidance for the surveying.
Mahaska SWCD
CNCS & VI
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