REAP County Committees

Each of Iowa’s 99 counties should have a Resource Enhancement Committee, composed of anyone interested in the REAP program. In recent years, many county committees have become inactive, although there is a current effort to revive and establish them in all counties.

• 2009 REAP County Committee Chairs, *.pdf file

County committees have several important functions. Briefly, these include:

1. The signature of the county committee chairperson is necessary for all city, county conservation and private/public cost share grant requests.
2. County committees are in the best position to educate county residents on what REAP has done for their county, along with the values and benefits of REAP.
3. County committees should prepare a plan for their county showing what they want REAP to accomplish in the future, and where they want to see REAP money expended.

As county committees are reestablished and as their chairpersons are selected, they will be added to a list that can be accessed from this page. If your county is not listed, check with your county conservation board to see if a committee is in the process of being established. Otherwise, check back here from time to time to see if your county is listed.

Additional information about REAP county committees can be found in the Iowa Code: 455A.20.

Contact person:
Ross Harrison
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-5973
Email: Ross.Harrison@dnr.iowa.gov