Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development

About Pathfinders

Pathfinders Mission

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) is a non-profit organization that actively supports your efforts to grow your local economy, conserve your natural resources and enhance your recreational opportunities.

Pathfinders serves southeast Iowa with an emphasis in Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren and Wapello counties.

RC&D is rooted in the concept that local people know what their communities need and can create solutions that work. At the height of the program, there were 16 RC&D areas in Iowa and over 350 RC&D areas nationwide. The Iowa League of RC&Ds is an association representing all the RC&Ds in Iowa.

Pathfinders History

Local efforts to organize the Pathfinders Area were initiated in the early 1970’s. A formal application for USDA program assistance was submitted in 1976. In January 1980, the Pathfinders area was authorized for program assistance by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Pathfinders Area received USDA staff assistance from 1980 - 2011. In April 2011, USDA discontinued their partnership with Pathfinders RC&D.

Today, Pathfinders continues to provide valuable assistance in southeast Iowa by generating revenue through the many projects and services it provides.

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NEWS & EVENTS

Pathfinders RC&D Monthly Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 22
6:00 p.m.
Pathfinders RC&D Office, 304 South Maple, Fairfield
Cultivating Opportunities: A Look at Local Food Issues in our Changing World
Saturday, March 3
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Advanced Technology Center
Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa
$25 before February 26
$35 after February 26 or at the door
Registration includes locally grown lunch

Southeast Iowa is filled with opportunities!  Find out what's happening in local food production and explore where we go from here.

For more information, contact Tish Reck at (641) 683-5170 or Tish.Reck@indianhills.edu. 
Register online

Getting Yourself on Google Maps
Tuesday, March 6
9:30 a.m - Noon*
Honey Creek Resort, Moravia

FREE for Historic Hills Byway communities/attractions or CITR Members 
$10 regisration for all others

*Optional Post-workshop Tourism Exchange
Noon - 1:30 p.m., $10 for lunch if attending

This is a comprehensive training on how to get your business or point of interest plotted on Google Maps and how to create functional and user-friendly event maps.  Funded in part through Central Iowa Tourism Region.

For more information contat Katy at Pathfinders at 641-472-6177 or email katy@pathfindersrcd.org

NEW! Grant Received for Mormon Trail Development

Pathfinders recevied $86,000 in Statewide Transportation Enhancement grant funds to identify nationally significant historical resources on the Iowa Mormon Wagon Trails and Iowa Mormon Handcart Trail.  

The project will include a cultural and natural resource inventory and land acquisition study.   The project will also result in preservation and interpretive plans.  This project is being completed as part of  Iowa scenic byway development

While grants funds have been committed, Pathfinders is still securing necessary cash match. The project is expected to start in fall 2012.  

For more information call 641-472-6177 or email Byway Coordinator Katy Anderson at katy@pathfindersrcd.org.