(Lewis, Iowa) – Cass County Conservation officials, today (Wednesday) acknowledged a scholarship was awarded to Naturalist, Lora Kanning, by the Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program (REAP-CEP), ICCS and Iowa Association of Naturalists.

The scholarship will assist Kanning in attending the 2024 National Association of Interpretation, Heartland Region workshop in Council Bluffs, Iowa this April. The scholarship was funded by REAP-CEP. The Resource Enhancement and Protection Program (REAP): Invest in Iowa, our outdoors, our heritage, our people.

REAP is supported by the state of Iowa, providing funding to public and private partners for natural and cultural resources projects, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil conservation, parks, trails, historic preservation and more.