Wednesday, October 23, 2019

DNR Public Meeting at Lacey-Keosauqua Park re Forest Stewardship.





The Iowa Department of Natural Resources at Lacey-Keosauqua State Park will hold a public meeting Tuesday, October 29 2019 at the state park lodge. The meeting will be held at 6 pm and DNR staff will present the Forest Stewardship Plan for Lacey-Keosauqua State Park. The public meeting will cover the scheduled management practices of the forest in the park to be implemented in year 2020 and beyond. Such maintenance practices could include timber stand improvement (TSI), crop tree release, tree harvest, understory cutting, prescribed burning, tree planting and others. This meeting is open to the public and anyone interested is encouraged to attend. Please contact Park Manager Justin Pedretti with any questions at 319-293-3502.
Notice provided by DNR. Shimek Forester John Byrd works with Forest Management at Lacey and Shimek Technician Patrick Thomas also works as a Technician at Lacey. Many of you that enjoy Shimek also appreciate Lacey-Keosauqua Park --so you might find this meeting of interest. The forested areas there are beautiful. Here's a photo by Kelly Britnell of a drive through Lacey:

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