Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has proclaimed April 30 – May 7 as Soil and Water Conservation Week and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is inviting Iowans to participate throughout the week. The public is invited to tour an abandoned coal mine site that is undergoing reclamation work, meet local conservation partners and learn about the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Mines and Minerals Bureau today at 10:00 a.m at 1791 Lucas Drive, Knoxville.

Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Grant Menke, Congresswoman Marianette Miller-Meeks, and US Department of the Interior staff  will be speaking. 

The event is hosted by the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District, Pathfinders RC&D, United States Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.