OSKALOOSA — Friends of Mahaska County Conservation has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Pella Rolscreen Foundation. This grant will help fund the Mahaska County Conservation All-Inclusive Nature Playscape and Community Area.

This grant will allow Friends and Mahaska County Conservation Board to build this Nature Playscape that will provide local and 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 adventures. Groundbreaking is planned for April
2025.