Iowa DNR Volunteer Release and Liability Waiver

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Cleanup day is set for May 7, 2023 @ 1:00 pm. Please meet at the Dreamland Playground to help us clear YOUR park of all trash. I think you will be very surprised at what the DNR deals with in trash, they cannot do it by themselves! We need as many bodies as we can get. We are the busiest park in Iowa with over 3 million visitors each year. We are asking for as many people as we can possibly get to help out this year. The park is 1,529 acres with 784 acres of lake. The staff to take care of the park is very limited. We have over 60,000 people in Council Bluffs with much of our traffic coming from Nebraska. In the past few years, we have had 20-25 people help us out. This is disturbing since we are the only state park locally that offers the ammenities of Lake Manawa. Humans are literally destroying this park. We welcome anyone and everyone to the challenge. Local organizations looking for community service, what a great opportunity! Volunteers, please print, fill out & sign, and bring this waiver with you to the clean-up day event, as it will greatly help expedite the sign-in process for all of our volunteers! Children volunteering at lake clean-up day will also need a signed form.  Adult group leaders may sign as legal guardians if children’s parents are not present at the event. Thank you! Liability Release Waiver...

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Lake Manawa Campground

From the Iowa DNR Website: The 40-campsite campground features modern amenities including full hook-up campsites, a shower house, and a paved walking trail connecting the campground to the beach and Dreamland Playground. It also features a gated entrance for campers to access the campground. A registration building at the campground gate provides online and telephone reservation information for those who come to the park looking for a site. Campers will receive a four-digit access code to open the gate and enter the campground. All 40 campsites are available for online reservations; walk-in sites will not be an option. With 100-percent reservable sites, availability is known in real time. Campers can search and book sites online before leaving home, on the way to the park, or at the campground. Reservations can be made from April 15 to October 15 until 9 p.m. CST the day of arrival online at https://iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com/ or by calling the reservation call center at (877) 427-2757 Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the call center is closed on Sundays. Customers will no longer need to fill out the paper walk-in registration forms or pay with cash or check; all reservations will require a credit card payment online or over the phone. Customers can still pay by check if the reservation is made through the call center and made at least 21 days in advance. Out-of-state user permits required for Lake Manawa, Waubonsie state parks The Iowa Legislature has extended the out-of-state user permit requirement for Lake Manawa and Waubonsie state parks through December 31, 2025. The law also changes the expiration date for annual permits from one year from the date of purchase, to the end of the calendar year. Annual permits purchased January 1 – June 30, 2022 will be honored into 2023, expiring one year from purchase date.  Annual permits purchased starting July 1, 2022 will be valid until the end of 2022. The daily permit for out-of-state visitors costs $5 and an annual permit is $40. Daily passes can be purchased at pay stations throughout the park. More information can be found at: https://www.iowadnr.gov/Places-to-Go/Nonresident-Vehicle-Entrance-Permits https://iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com/welcome.do?tti=home...

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