OSKALOOSA — Friends of Mahaska County Conservation has been awarded a grant from the McWane Foundation.  This grant for $80,000 will be used for the Mahaska County Conservation All-Inclusive Nature Playscape and Community Area.

The McWane Foundation supports programs, initiatives and organizations that benefit the communities where McWane, Inc. has a presence.  Oskaloosa-based Clow Valve Company is a proud part of the McWane, Inc. organization.  McWane waterworks products, including those manufactured at Clow Valve, play a critical lifesaving and life sustaining role across our nation’s infrastructure, providing clean, safe water as well as fire hydrants to protect communities.

These funds will allow Friends and Mahaska County Conservation Board to build this Nature Playscape that will provide local surrounding communities with an outdoor imaginative experience that has natural climbing features, a mammoth play sculpture, a log traverse, staggered trails and various other outdoor educational adventures.  Groundbreaking is planned for April 2025.