Izaak Walton League Chapters
In more than 250 communities across the United States, our chapters advance the mission of the Izaak Walton League by restoring watersheds, reducing air pollution, fighting litter, protecting wildlife habitat and open spaces, and instilling conservation ethics in outdoor recreationists. Ikes across the country are enjoying and protecting America's outdoors!
What's New?
IWLA National Awards Nominations: Volunteers are the heart of the Izaak Walton League. Recognize the outstanding volunteers in your chapter – and the outstanding work you have done over the past year. It's quick and easy and you deserve to be recognized! Deadlines: March 15 and June 1. See the most recent list of IWLA Award Winners from the 2012 convention in Lincoln, Nebraska!
IWLA National Scholarship Applications: Know a college student with a passion for protecting America's outdoors? The League’s National Conservation Scholarship provides two $2,500 scholarships for qualified college juniors or seniors studying a conservation- or environment-related major. Applications accepted January 1 through April 1.
Young Ikes Activity Books and Fun Sheets: These youth-focused materials help children understand the natural world around them and what they can do to protect our precious natural resources. Products include
- Activity books, available in vibrant color on 100% recycled paper, filled with games and puzzles designed to educate and encourage future conservation leaders.
- One-page fun sheets, designed to print out easily from your home computer.
NEW! Zebco Family Fishing Program 2012: The League has partnered with Zebco to help chapters and divisions purchase fishing poles at a significant discount for use at fishing derbies and other outreach events.
Find a Chapter: Find a chapter near you and join today.
See our Chapter Tools page for other items and discounted merchandise!
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
An
Adventure in Ohio
The
Wayne County Chapter (Ohio)
brings the outdoors to life at a Kids Adventure
Camp, where youth ages 8 to 13 spent the
weekend learning about nature and building
a love of the outdoors.
Ikes
Educate Creek
Freaks
The
Sioux Falls Chapter (South
Dakota) hosted Webelos from Cub Scout Pack 582
to test the water quality of local waterways
and learn about local ecosystems.
Pollinating
Chestnut Trees
The
Rockville (Maryland) Chapter's
American chestnut orchard reached a major
milestone: pollination. Chapter member Ron
Kuipers led other volunteers through the
painstaking process of pollinating individual
flowers and harvesting the resulting chestnuts
to help keep breeding orchards going while
scientists work to overcome the disastrous
chestnut blight.
Building
a Conservation
Classroom
The
Sioux Falls Chapter (South
Dakota) needed a facility for Save Our Streams
workshops. So chapter member Roger Parham
designed a classroom tailored to the program
and worked with local organizations and
volunteers to create a new community
resource.
Missouri
River Moments
Ikes
from Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota joined
forces to work with youth and families at the
seventh annual Missouri River Outdoor Expo in
Ponca State Park.
Aiming
for Outdoor
Education
The
W.J. McCabe Chapter
(Minnesota) works with community partners to
offer two Youth Outdoor Expos each year to
interest kids in hunting, fishing, and other
outdoor activities and provide a primer on
required skills.
Conservation
on Parade
The
Floyd County Chapter (Iowa)
made fireworks of its own at the Charles City
Fourth of July Parade this summer with an
Ike-themed float that reflects the chapter's
community service connections.
Wild
Remembrance
Members of
the Floyd County Chapter
(Iowa) commemorated the two loves of a
long-time member –
aviation and conservation – by planting a wildflower
prairie in his name at the local airport.
Conserving
a Space for Outdoor
Education
History
lives on at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase
(Maryland) Chapter, where League
members are working to restore a centuries-old
log cabin for use as a conservation
classroom.
Defenders
Chapter Achievement Award
Winners
To
acknowledge our most outstanding chapters, the
League presents annual chapter
achievement awards. Thirty-two chapters
received the award in 2011 for their 2010
accomplishments. These groups showcase the
depth of the conservation commitment among
Izaak Walton League chapters.
Izaak Walton League Member
Pledge
"To strive for the purity of
water, the clarity of air, and the wise
stewardship of the land and its resources; to
know the beauty and understanding of nature and
the value of wildlife, woodlands, and open
space; to the preservation of this heritage and
to man's sharing in it.
I pledge myself as a member of the Izaak Walton League of America."
IWLA IN THE NEWS
- Hooked on Fishing (WDTV, 3/24/12)
- Community Comment: We must reduce mercury, other toxins (Evansville Courier and Press, 1/12/12)
- Ikes promote nature conservation (The Imperial Republican, 1/5/12)