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WALTON, Bob. (Dubuque, IA- ) | [[Image:waltonb.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bob and Sandra Walton. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]WALTON, Bob. (Dubuque, IA- ). Walton was the first naturalist hired for the [[SWISS VALLEY NATURE PRESERVE]]. A 1973 graduate of Iowa State University, Walton majored in wildlife biology and fishery and minored in education. Upon assuming his position, he was responsible for the conversion of an old barn along the Swiss Valley Road south of Dubuque into one of the region's most complete displays of native plant and animal life. | ||
In 2005 Walton learned that the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection Program had awarded $290,000 to the conservation board to purchase 419 acres, White Water Canyon, south of Fillmore. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Waller, wanted the land preserved. After Walton learned the land was available, he notified The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation which signed a purchase agreement with the Wallers and then held the property in trust. Waller then initiated the fundraising effort. (1) | |||
He retired in 2008 after more than thirty years as the executive director of the Dubuque County Conservation Board. (2) | |||
After retirement, Bon and his wife Sandra, a descendant of John Specht, moved to the Specht homestead north of Dubuque. In ten years the couple, with friends, planted four thousand trees, thousands of shrubs and prairie grass. The result was their observation of 85 species of birds, deer, and turkey. (3) | |||
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1. Reber, Craig, "Paradise Found," ''Telegraph Herald'', October 2, 2006, p. 2 | |||
2. Ibid. | |||
3. Swenson, Jim, "Changing Times," ''Telegraph Herald'', July 15, 2018, p. 31 | |||
[[Category: Educator]] | [[Category: Educator]] | ||
[[Category: Environmental]] | [[Category: Environmental]] | ||
[[Category: Organization Leaders]] | |||
Revision as of 03:04, 10 June 2019
WALTON, Bob. (Dubuque, IA- ). Walton was the first naturalist hired for the SWISS VALLEY NATURE PRESERVE. A 1973 graduate of Iowa State University, Walton majored in wildlife biology and fishery and minored in education. Upon assuming his position, he was responsible for the conversion of an old barn along the Swiss Valley Road south of Dubuque into one of the region's most complete displays of native plant and animal life.
In 2005 Walton learned that the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection Program had awarded $290,000 to the conservation board to purchase 419 acres, White Water Canyon, south of Fillmore. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Waller, wanted the land preserved. After Walton learned the land was available, he notified The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation which signed a purchase agreement with the Wallers and then held the property in trust. Waller then initiated the fundraising effort. (1)
He retired in 2008 after more than thirty years as the executive director of the Dubuque County Conservation Board. (2)
After retirement, Bon and his wife Sandra, a descendant of John Specht, moved to the Specht homestead north of Dubuque. In ten years the couple, with friends, planted four thousand trees, thousands of shrubs and prairie grass. The result was their observation of 85 species of birds, deer, and turkey. (3)
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Source:
1. Reber, Craig, "Paradise Found," Telegraph Herald, October 2, 2006, p. 2
2. Ibid.
3. Swenson, Jim, "Changing Times," Telegraph Herald, July 15, 2018, p. 31