REAP County Committees

REAP is a local, grassroots program

REAP is your local conservation program, guided by your local interests for your local needs. To make REAP work the best for you, your county needs a REAP county committee, and you should be a part of it.

According to the actual REAP law, the duties of the county committee include:

• Coordinate the program, plans and proposed projects developed by cities, county conservation board and soil and water conservation district for funding by REAP.
  
  
• Review and comment upon all REAP projects before they are submitted for funding.
  
  
• Propose a five-year plan that includes a one-year proposed expenditure plan and submit it to the DNR.

These duties can be easily met without a great deal of effort. Please refer to the links at the left for help in doing so.

Most important duty: Critically important to the success of REAP, the rest of the citizens in your county need to know of the benefits of REAP.

Educating Iowans about REAP, how it works, how it is funded, how they benefit is critical to REAP's support by the Legislature, the Governor, and the four state departments that help operate REAP.

REAP county committees are in the best position to carry out this important duty.