Photo Courtesy of Louisa County Conservation

Saturday, Louisa County residents rolled up their sleeves to beautify a section of the Iowa River. The Louisa County Chapter of the Isaak Walton League hosted a river clean-up and 15 members of the group with four boats answered the call. A total of 120lbs of waste, eight tires, two refrigerators and one metal barrel were removed from the section of the river stretching from Indian Slough to Schwob. The Izaak Walton League of America has been involved in conservation projects for more than 100 years. If you would like to find out more about their work locally within Louisa County, contact Rob Murray at 319-572-1289. Other organizations involved in the project included the Community Foundation of Louisa County, N-Compass Incorporated, Iowa Project AWARE, Ansell Protective Products and Can Shed LLC.