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Article: Swiss Valley Nature Center displays progress; Conservation board hosts open house to show off accomplishments
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2004
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Swiss Valley Nature Preserve's Nature Center has come a long way
since it was conceived 15 years ago by the Dubuque County
Conservation Board.
Saturday, conservation board members and staff showed off the
result of those years of planning at an open house.
While the rooms were still mostly empty, the conservation board
plans to fill the 10,000 square feet of space with historical and
wildlife displays, including live exhibits. Already, the center has
hosted numerous educational meetings. Around 6,000 to 7,000 students
from eastern Iowa schools have visited the facility this year, said
Brian Preston, naturalist for the Dubuque County Conservation Board.
"We hope to increase that with the ...