1775 Mackenzie Drive, Cedar Rapids, IA 52411 (515) 963-9582 [email protected]my my my mycounty county county countyparks parks parks parks.com IMPORTANT DATES: * December 10 – REAP Alliance Meeting – D.M. * December 11 – District 3 Mtg. – O’Brien County * December 12 – District 5 Mtg. – Lee County * December 18 – District 6 Mtg. – Dubuque County * December 19 – District 4 Mtg. – Adams County * January 4, 2014 – REAP Congress – State Capitol * January 14 – District 2 Mtg. – Butler County * January 21-23, 2014 – The 2014 WINTERFEST Event * March 11, 2014 – Right-of Way Workshop - Kirkwood * September 25-27, 2014 – IACCB Fall Conference in Sioux City / Woodbury Co. The IACCB Newsletter is produced on a periodic basis, and provided in digital format as a membership benefit to IACCB Members and stakeholders. PLEASE forward or make copies of this communication for your Board Members. Since 1959 Iowa’s County Conservation System WINTERFEST REGISTRATION INFO. NOW AVAILABLE @mycountyparks.com Registration information and form(s) for WINTERFEST 2014 are now available via the WINTERFEST link on MyCountyParks.com. This includes registration forms for both CCB employees and our collegiate guests. Please feel free to forward this information to other employees or college students that may have an interest in joining us January 21-23, 2014 in Waterloo! For inquiries, please utilize the contact information provided within the conference documents. 1. “JOBS” MODULE - 2014 SEASONAL JOB POSTINGS Early December finds us right on the cusp of our annual influx of seasonal job postings, which seems to roll along through March/April. This will be the first time ever that YOU will be able to post and manage your own listings – through the JOBS module of the new IACCB Portal! We anticipate the roll-out of an updated “new build” of the Portal today (12/6) – tweaking all of those issues we were working through at the Summit Series. This should get all the dominoes lined up to move forward with the four features of our Portal / IACCB Cloud technologies. I will be posting the training manuals for each of the modules soon, and alert you all with an email when available. 2. “CONTACTS” MODULE - DATA UPLOADING – Personnel Directory The “new build” addressed above should also put the CONTACTS module into full operation - as that is where the focus has been for most of the administrative code tweaking for the past two weeks. Once we are 100% tested and operational, IACCB has contracted for some data uploading assistance to get our 1,000+ profiles (for all board members & employees) at least loaded into the CONTACTS module. Our upload will be data from the most current IACCB Personnel Directory - which was essentially current as of Sept. 2012. I have made numerous updates to that database as you have shared changes with me, but the bulk of the data will have a Sept. 2012 accuracy date. I anticipate that all this data will be uploaded by mid-to-late January, at which time I will ask that you all head to the CONTACTS section of the portal and update your county’s information. There will be a deadline to accomplish this, at which time I will be harvesting all of your accurate email information for our updated email system. Look for additional Portal emails soon………. ELSEWISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER 1. Page Three – Flyer about EAB Meeting in Oskaloosa on January 14, 2014. 2. Page Four – New statewide map of County Conservation Directors/phone numbers.
The FY2014 County Conservation Salary Survey & Summary Data have both now been
distributed across the state to all CCB Directors. Many thanks to all of you that
participated in this annual effort. As the IACCB Portal becomes fully operational in the
upcoming weeks – there will be a file folder within the FILES Module that will contain
not only the current FY2014 information, but also any historical documentation that we
may have on file. Look for more information on this in future newsletters.
Emerald Ash Borer: It is in Iowa. Now what?
Mahaska County Extension in Oskaloosa will host two informational meetings concerning the presence
of emerald ash borer (EAB), an exotic, destructive insect of ash trees, which is spreading in Iowa.
January 14, 2014 At the Mahaska County Extension Office 212 North I Street , Oskaloosa IA 52577
1-4 pm Green Industry Meeting
For people working in the Green Industry (arborists, urban foresters, public works and parks personnel, horticulturists, Master Gardeners, tree trimmers, landscapers, nursery centers, commercial pesticide applicators…)
6:30-8 pm Public Meeting
For Homeowners and other concerned citizens
Meetings are FREE and no registration is required. If you have questions, call ISU Extension and Outreach Mahaska County at 641-673-5841 or email [email protected]
You will learn: How to identify EAB
How to identify an ash tree
Signs of EAB infestation
Is the tree safe? Is it a candidate for treatment?
EAB treatment Options
How spread of EAB is being restricted
Bark Peeling—how to find EAB in Tree (Green Industry)
Ash Tree replacement options (Public meeting)
Presented by a panel of Experts: Nick Witt Oskaloosa City Forester
Ben Hoskinson Mahaska County Intergraded Roadside Vegetation Manager
Jeremy Cochran Iowa Department of Natural Resources District Forester
Mike Kintner EAB Outreach and Regulatory Coordinator with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Mark Shour Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Entomologist
The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a small beetle that kills all species of ash trees, including green, white, black and blue.
This federally regulated insect has been found in four Iowa counties and has the potential to spread across the state.
Mahaska County Extension*212 North I Street* Oskaloosa IA 52577 *641-673-5841*www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska Iowa State University Extension and Outreach program are available without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic infor-
mation, sex, marital status, disability or status as a US Veteran. Inquires can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, 3280 Beardshear Hall. 515-294-7612
