MS 395
Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust
Records, 1920-1993, n.d.

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

 

Descriptive summary

 creator:

 Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust

 title:

 Records

 dates:

 1920-1993, n.d.

 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 listed 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

n.d.

1

3

Annual reports

1991-1992

1

4

Board members / Organizational chart

1989-1992, n.d.

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, n.d.

1

8

Correspondence

1988-1990

1

9

Correspondence

1991

1

10

Correspondence

1992

1

11

Correspondence

1993

1

12

Correspondence

n.d.

1

13

De Neui, Robert's comments on alternate route controversy

1992

1

14

DOT: Correspondence

1991-1992

1

15

DOT: Division descriptions

ca. 1990

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

n.d.

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, n.d.

1

31

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) deficit Bill

1991

1

32

Hardin County Conservation Board Reports

1988, n.d.

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, n.d.

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

n.d.

1

38

Master Plan: Iowa River Greenbelt

n.d.

1

39

Meeting agendas and minutes

1989-1993, n.d.

1

40

Natural history of Iowa readings

1920-1973, n.d.

1

41

Newsletters

1991, n.d.

1

42

Notes: Kinney, Janet – bound notes

1992-1993

1

43

Notes: Kinney, Janet – loose notes

n.d.

1

44

Photographs: Runkel, Sylvan / Greenbelt Prairie (10 3x5" color)

n.d.

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, n.d.

1

52

Readings: Advocacy

1982-1992

1

53

Readings: Conservation – general

1989-1992

1

54

Readings: Philosophy

n.d.

1

55

Recreational trails

1992

1

56

Resources Enhancement and Protection (REAP)

ca. 1990

1

57

"River Voices"

1992

1

58

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

1991

 

Descriptive summary   |  Administrative information  |  Biographical/Historical note
Collection description  |  Organization  |  Description of series/container list

Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011
Comments: tzanish@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS395.html
Revised: 17 July  2002.