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1999 Students Marc Gorsch and Mike Pope prepare to plant a tree while other students and teachers watch

1999 Students Marc Gorsch and Mike Pope prepare to plant a tree while other students and teachers watch

1999 Outdoor Classroom Planting at West Burlington High School - Marc Gorsch, Mike Pope and WBHS teachers discuss the plan and spacings for the trees
1999 Commissioner Jeff Bergman and student Kyle Law plant a tree

1999 Commissioner Jeff Bergman and student Kyle Law plant a tree

Des Moines County Soil and Water District Commissioner Jeff Bergman shows Kyle Law how to dig the hole while Kyle Law waits to plant the first tree outside West Burlington High School
1999 Classroom tree planting group

1999 Classroom tree planting group

This is a photograph of the students from West Burlington High School participating in the planting of trees around the school. Left to right are Dennis Carter, Tylor Mann, Aaron Rukgaber, Kyle Law, Jennifer Jordan, Joe Nichols, John Allen, Kevin…
1999 Four students learning tree planting

1999 Four students learning tree planting

Students Kathy Schach, Tylor Mann, Aaron Rukgaber, and Marc Gorsch discuss the tree planting outside of West Burlington Hight School. Jeff Bergman, Conservationist, is second from left.
1999 John Allen and Dennis Carter drive stakes into the ground for tree planting

1999 John Allen and Dennis Carter drive stakes into the ground for tree planting

These high school students are driving stakes into the ground to support new trees that are being planted outside of West Burlington, Iowa High School
1996 Keeping Watch Over Precious Soil

1996 Keeping Watch Over Precious Soil

These newspaper articles celebrate the 50th anniversary of soil conservation in Des Moines County, Iowa. In the photograph, Mike Lewitke of the Natural Resources Conservation Service stands in front of several barriers along U.S. 61 south of…
1963 Concrete water drainage culvert in field

1963 Concrete water drainage culvert in field

This empty culvert is located in a grassy field
Black and white drawings of rural scenes

Black and white drawings of rural scenes

These black and white sketches of rural farm scenes were done by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Cracked pavement before construction on Highway 61

Cracked pavement before construction on Highway 61

This photo shows a crack running across the pavement of Highway 61 in section 14 of Franklin Township. Highway. Construction workers stand on the side of the road.
1970 Terrace washout

1970 Terrace washout

This terrace washout is across the road from Carl Shumaker's
property