Izaak Walton League Chapters

In more than 260 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!

Find a Chapter: Find a chapter near you and join today.

National Hunting and Fishing Day (September 25, 2010): This is a great time to find out more about the Izaak Walton League and the outdoor recreation and conservation opportunities available through your local League chapter. Get started by contacting the League chapter closest to you today!

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Iowa Outdoor Expo for Kids and Families
The Iowa Outdoor Expo, sponsored by the Des Moines Chapter, is a free educational event designed to strengthen connections to wildlife and wild lands by providing learning and participation opportunities that communicate the importance of wildlife and habitat management, teach outdoor skills, encourage outdoor ethical behavior and stewardship, and perpetuate Iowa’s hunting, fishing, and wildlife heritage.

How Much of This Trash Is Yours?
The Wildlife Achievement Chapter (Maryland) has been engaged in a decades-long conservation effort in the Upper Patuxent River watershed. Chapter members also take out the trash as part of Montgomery County’s Adopt-A-Road program.

Into the Woods
Under an April early morning sun, a large band of Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Maryland) Chapter members fanned out across one of the fields on the chapter’s 523-acre property. By that evening, they had planted more than 1,000 young trees. This effort was just the start of a long-term stewardship plan for the chapter’s Poolesville Farm property.

Youth Conservation Center Brings Community Together
The Sunshine Chapter’s new Youth Conservation Center has been a community construction project that will benefit the whole community. The center will open its doors to outside conservation groups and serve the immediate community to promote the outdoors in South Dakota.

Ikes Join Forces for Missouri River Clean-Up
The League helped organize three major cleanups on the Missouri River this summer. Ikes turned out for all of them — and hauled in an impressive array of trash!

Not Your Average Joe's
Iowa: Joe Gavin, past president of the Des Moines Chapter, and Joe Beeman, Ames Chapter member, received the Sportsman of the Year award from the Des Moines Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America and WHO Radio. The statewide award recognizes commitment to natural resources and the environment. These two Ikes are certainly not your average Joe’s!

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IKES IN THE NEWS

• Owatonna delegates attend the Izaak Walton League national convention (Owatonna People's Press, 8/15/10)
• Former W-SR teacher wins conservation award (Waverly Democrat, 8/13/10)
• Outdoor Love -- and More: Father started Tim Reid on path to Izaak Walton League's highest honor (Chicago Sun-Time, 8/1/10)
• Keeping it clean (Laramie Boomerang, 7/29/10)