2001 - Sent letter to NRCS encouraging cooperation between NRCS and state and county entities managing WRP; sent letter to congressional delegation supporting CARA; maintained membership in Iowa Environmental Council and REAP Alliance; provided financial assistance to student chapter member to attend student conclave at Steven’s Point.

2000 - provided advice to the State Forester on Forest Stewardship programs; pledged financial support for a symposium on Iowa's Invasive Plants and Animals, and to the Upper Wapsi Wetland acquisition project; maintained membership in the Iowa Environmental Council and the REAP Alliance; provided financial support to the Student Chapter at ISU to send a student member to the CARA rally in Washington, D.C., and sent a Chapter member to the CARA rally; and participated in Iowa's North American Wetland Conservation Act committee.

1999 - pledged financial support to the International Association Fish and Wildlife Agencies in support of the Conservation And Reinvestment Act through Teaming With Wildlife, to the Iowa Ornithological Union and the Learning Trunks Program, to The Wildlife Society for public awareness of the need for CARA funding, and the The Wildlife Society's pilot program to reduce first-year dues for professionals. Provided a letter of support from the Chapter to the Mississippi Environmental Management Program, maintained membership in the Iowa Environmental Council and the REAP Alliance, Supported the expansion of WRP up to 250,000 acres annually. Developed an updated position statement supporting the Natural Resources Committee as the body with authority for setting game seasons.

1998 - continued support for Teaming With Wildlife legislative effort, water quality improvements through the Iowa Environmental Council and REAP.

1997 - continued support for Iowans for Better Fishing, Teaming With Wildlife, the Iowa Environmental Council, and the REAP Alliance.

1996 - joined the Iowa Environmental Council, an organization of environmental organizations that is a unified voice for the environment in the Iowa Legislature and elsewhere--particularly strong voice on water quality issues. Continued support for the REAP Alliance and supported the Teaming With Wildlife legislative effort.

1995 - pledged support for the REAP Alliance encouraging full-funding for REAP. Provided support for the TWS Student Chapter at Iowa State University for the regional Wildlife Conclave.

1994 - supported increased nonresident deer and turkey hunting license quotas and opposed those additional funds being restricted to new conservation officer positions; promoted wetland and floodplain restoration and protection for flood control; pledged financial support to an Iowa Watchable Wildlife Guide and a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop; supported continuation of the Conservation Reserve Program; supported a REAP funding level of $10 million.

1993 - supported a state constitutional amendment to protect the Fish & Wildlife Trust Fund; supported full funding for federal wetlands protection and restoration programs (NAWMP, NAWCA, WRP); pledged financial support to the Lost Island-Trumbull Lake Wetland Project; supported proposed reorganization of the USDA (creation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service); opposed mandated cuts in Iowa DNR Fish & Wildlife programs and staff.

1992 - supported Environmental Impact comments provided by the Central Iowa Prairie Network and Iowa Audubon Council concerning prairie reconstruction on Walnut Creek NWR; supported "Vision Plan: for Iowa DNR's Nongame Wildlife Program.

1991 - opposed elimination of the Fish & wildlife Trust Fund; supported increases in hunting and fishing license fees; continued support of REAP on many fronts; supported appointment of Iowans with related professional backgrounds to State Preserves Advisory Board; supported proposed Waterman Creek prairie project; supported funding for fish and wildlife mitigation on Missouri River; opposed personnel cuts in the Fish & Wildlife Division of the Iowa DNR.

1989 - again pleaded with U.S. Congress to fund mitigation of lost habitat on Missouri River.

1988 - supported strong conservation language in new federal Farm Credit legislation; urged Congress to commemorate the 100th year of Aldo Leopold's birth; sent resolution to state legislature in support of Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) bill; sent resolution to state legislature supporting drainage well demonstration projects designed to find alternate and environmentally sound ways of disposing of surface waters.

1987 - contributed financial support to national conference on "Women in Natural Resources".

1986 - opposed the restructuring of state government that would consolidate the Iowa Conservation Commission with other agencies into a DNR and put the new department under direct control political control of the governor and the legislature; opposed federal legislation that would reinstate power boating and water skiing at DeSoto NWR; made comments on Soil Conservation Service's draft report for Big Coon Subwatershed Plan; finished poster display on Chapter activities and displayed it at the Midwest Conference in Omaha; joined Resource Enhancement Program initiative, a coalition of conservation groups working for new legislation to provide enhanced funding for natural resources in Iowa.

1985 - opposed administrative rule changes in Dept. of Water, Air, and Waste Management that would eliminate environmental review of drainage district activities; opposed further federal funding for Garrison Diversion Project in North Dakota; opposed the transfer of federal animal damage control program from Dept. of Interior to Agriculture; urged U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 (Federal Nongame Act); sent recommendations to state Soil Conservationist for management of long-term conservation reserve land (CRP) as provided in the new 1985 farm bill.

1984 - opposed federal diversion of Pitman-Robertson funds for compensating violent crime victims; supported statewide requirements for use of steel shot by Iowa waterfowl hunters; suggested ways for Congress to improve upon wetlands protection and urged the extension of the Wetland Loan Act.

1982 - urged Congress not to limit 404 permit authority of the Corps of Engineers; opposed curtailing the cooperative fish and wildlife research units; supported reauthorization of the federal Endangered Species Act

1981 - pleaded for fish and wildlife habitat mitigation from the Corps of Engineers for Missouri River bank stabilization and navigation projects.

1978 - fought construction of marina at Lansing, Iowa on a creek and marsh emptying into the Mississippi; supported reintroduction of bobcats into Iowa (both these issues in 1978 were contrary to the direction of the Iowa Conservation Commission).

1977 - sought passage of a federal non-game bill; backed state hunter education requirements; supported greater protection for Minnesota's boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

1974 - urged landowners to stop or delay summer roadside mowing.

1973 - fought a proposed ban on leg-hold traps; opposed Ames Reservoir on the Skunk River and Saylorville Reservoir on the Des Moines River.

1972 - backed the idea of a state duck stamp; urged protection of the Keokuk Pool on the Mississippi River.

1971 - pushed for a state hunting and fishing license fee increase.

1969 - requested protection of Coopers and Sharp-shinned Hawks; sought designation of the Upper Iowa River as a "Scenic River"; opposed an Army Corps of Engineers proposal to straighten the Big Sioux River, the Iowa - South Dakota boundary river.

1968 - opposed gun control and registration; sought a ban on DDT.

1967 - supported an Iowa dove hunting season, urged creation of a merit, or civil service, system for Iowa employees.