What is your favorite place along the Driftless Area Scenic Byway? Is it Mt. Hosmer in Lansing, the Waukon Aquatic Center, Yellow River State Park, or maybe it’s your own home or farm? The Driftless Area Scenic Byway is a 100 mile stretch of roadway in Allamakee County which boasts some of the most beautiful scenery in Iowa. As Project Assistant for the Northeast Iowa Scenic Byways Project at Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, I got the opportunity last week to spend a day with my sons exploring the byway. We had a great time and were amazed at how much there was to see and do! Northeast Iowa RC&D is hosting a contest to get the word out and raise awareness of the amazing resource we have in the Driftless Area Scenic Byway. The DASB begins in Postville and travels through the communities of Harpers Ferry, Waukon, Churchtown, and Lansing. Please take some time to discover the byway and choose a favorite place. Then, draw, photograph, or write a poem or story about it! Northeast Iowa RC&D is accepting entries from all ages! Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each category for participant’s ages 5 to 14 and every entry will have the potential to be used in byway publications and on a new byway website! Please submit entries by August 7, 2009 to Northeast Iowa RC&D, Inc. PO Box 916 Postville, IA 52162. Contact Kristin Rodas at (563) 864-7112 or kristin@northeastiowarcd.org with questions or to be added to our newsletter mailing list to learn more about this exciting project and to find out other ways you can be involved!
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