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this be prepared and presented to the Executive Council at an 

 early date. That we have a joint meeting with the Executive 

 Council and go over the matter of acquiring State Parks under 

 the amended law. 



A communication from Mrs. Kappel, of Nashua, in regard to 

 a state park site was placed on file. 



Communications from Senator Holdoegel in regard to Twin 

 Lakes and Bone Yard Hollow in Webster County and petitions 

 from citizens of Waukon and Postville in regard to state park 

 sites near Waterville and the Yellow River region were placed 

 on file for consideration at an early date. 



A request was received from Mrs. C. H. McNider, of Mason 

 City, asking that we take up as soon as possible the matter of 

 Pike's Peak area and the offer from Mrs. Munn to the United 

 States government. Mrs. McNider asked the State Conservation 

 Board to try to secure this gift for the state so that the area might 

 be secured immediately for state park purposes. 



With reference to the natural bridge in Jackson County, Joseph 

 Kelso stated that the citizens of Jackson County would materially 

 assist in securing this area. 



The Board agreed that the following areas should be visited 

 at an early date : 



North Central Iowa and adjacent regions, Pilot Mound area, 

 Twin Lake, Wall Lake, and Storm Lake, the largest boulder in 

 the United States in Floyd County, Bone Yard Hollow in Web- 

 ster County, Ledges in Boone County, Devil's Backbone in Madi- 

 son County, Steamboat Rock, and Wild Cat Den in Hardin 

 County; South Eastern Iowa, Red Rock, Marion County, Keo- 

 sauqua, Ottumwa and adjacent regions, Wild Cat Den and 

 Odessa Lake, Muscatine County ; North Eastern Iowa, Natural 

 Bridge in Jackson County, an area near Oxford Junction, Jones 

 County, Dubuque, Bixby's Park, and McGregor, Waterville and 

 Yellow River, Allamakee County, Ice Caves, Winneshiek County, 

 Mills, Fremont and Montgomery Counties and adjacent regions 

 in South We c t Iowa. 



The communities where parks are desired are asked to furnish 

 the Board with complete data of price of land, to furnish topo- 

 graphic maps, and give the Board information as to gifts in the 

 way of land, etc. 



