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From the Iowa DNR:
New Conservation License Plates Now on Sale
DES MOINES - Two new Iowa specialty license plates, one featuring a buck deer, the other a brook trout, are available for purchase April 1 from county treasurers.
That brings to five the number of natural resource license plates that Iowans can choose to generate funding for the Resource Enhancement And Protection (REAP) program and wildlife diversity.
Cedar Rapids wildlife artist Greg Bordignon created the artwork for the plates, as he did for the pheasant and eagle plates, first available in 2005. The original natural resource plate, the goldfinch/wild rose, began in 1996.
Persons who currently have an existing natural resource plate can switch to the new design for a fee of $5 paid at their county treasurer's office. Motorists wishing to exchange any other type of plate for a natural resources plate will need to take their current plates and vehicle registration to their county treasurer's office and pay $45 for the plates. Annual renewal of the natural resources plate is $25. A $90 personalized version is also available with an annual renewal of $30.
"With every plate purchase, another person or family becomes directly involved in funding conservation programs in Iowa," said Pat Boddy, DNR deputy director. "These plates not only help fund conservation, they create 'educational moments' when motorists ask about them. Plus, they really dress-up a vehicle."
Income from natural resource plate sales and renewals has totaled about $12 million, in the past 14 years. The two new plates are expected to eventually bring in an additional $1million a year. Natural resources plates outsell all the other 50 different specialty license plates in Iowa, combined.
The 21-year-old REAP program provides grants and other funding for city, county and state parks, habitat, water quality, roadside vegetation, conservation education and historical projects. REAP's primary source of funding is state gaming revenues, with annual appropriations averaging $17 million in the last three years.
The wildlife diversity program focuses on the conservation of Iowa's 900-plus species of 'nongame' wildlife that are not considered sport fish or game.
From the Iowa DNR:
New Conservation License Plates Now on Sale
DES MOINES - Two new Iowa specialty license plates, one featuring a buck deer, the other a brook trout, are available for purchase April 1 from county treasurers.
That brings to five the number of natural resource license plates that Iowans can choose to generate funding for the Resource Enhancement And Protection (REAP) program and wildlife diversity.
Cedar Rapids wildlife artist Greg Bordignon created the artwork for the plates, as he did for the pheasant and eagle plates, first available in 2005. The original natural resource plate, the goldfinch/wild rose, began in 1996.
Persons who currently have an existing natural resource plate can switch to the new design for a fee of $5 paid at their county treasurer's office. Motorists wishing to exchange any other type of plate for a natural resources plate will need to take their current plates and vehicle registration to their county treasurer's office and pay $45 for the plates. Annual renewal of the natural resources plate is $25. A $90 personalized version is also available with an annual renewal of $30.
"With every plate purchase, another person or family becomes directly involved in funding conservation programs in Iowa," said Pat Boddy, DNR deputy director. "These plates not only help fund conservation, they create 'educational moments' when motorists ask about them. Plus, they really dress-up a vehicle."
Income from natural resource plate sales and renewals has totaled about $12 million, in the past 14 years. The two new plates are expected to eventually bring in an additional $1million a year. Natural resources plates outsell all the other 50 different specialty license plates in Iowa, combined.
The 21-year-old REAP program provides grants and other funding for city, county and state parks, habitat, water quality, roadside vegetation, conservation education and historical projects. REAP's primary source of funding is state gaming revenues, with annual appropriations averaging $17 million in the last three years.
The wildlife diversity program focuses on the conservation of Iowa's 900-plus species of 'nongame' wildlife that are not considered sport fish or game.
