Jones County, Iowa

Recorder Month End Transaction Deadline

Jones County Recorder's office

• Business will be cut-off early on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
  • Marriage Applications - 2:30 PM deadline
  • The following will cut-off at 3:00 PM :
    • Real Estate Recordings
    • ATV, ORV, ORM, snowmobile and boat transactions
    • Hunting & Fishing licenses
    • Certified Vital Record requests
    • Passport pictures with credit/debit card payments

Board of Health Meeting

Meeting Agenda

OWLS Spring Ephemerals Hike

Maquoketa Caves are not just for bats! Spring ephemerals are early blooming flowers, that carry great ecological importance! They provide a food source for pollinators before peak blooming season.

Naturalists from Dubuque, Jackson, and Jones County will be leading a hike through the woods to find these small but spectacular flowers.
Participants should be ready to hike on rough terrain, and dress for the weather. OWLS (Older Wiser Livelier Souls) events are 18+ and geared for adults. Registration is encouraged through Jackson County Conservation (563)652-3783

Annual Midwest Crane Count

Help monitor the abundance and distribution of Sandhill and Whooping Cranes in Jones County.  Join us at sunrise on Saturday April 18th.  Contact  the Jones County Crane Counter Coordinator, Michele Olson for more information and to learn how you can participate.   

Central Park Earth Day Celebration & Litter Cleanup!

Celebrate Earth Day at Central Park and the Central Park Nature Center on Wednesday, April 22nd!

From 10:00 AM – Noon, stop by the Nature Center to take part in a community clean-up event as part of the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup and the Keep Iowa Beautiful Pick-Up Iowa campaign.

You’ll be assigned an area of Central Park to help pick up litter. Please bring your work gloves and hiking footwear. We’ll provide garbage bags, loaner buckets, and litter pickers. Be sure to check out the Nature Center displays, make some pollinator seed balls, and enjoy refreshments following the cleanup event.

Have pollinator plants you are thinning from your butterfly gardens?  Bring your extra plants to swap!    Our pollinator plant swap will be taking place from 9 AM - 4 PM outside below the Central Park Nature Center.   Bring a bucket and take home some free pollinator plants for your garden.

Ever tried Yoga?  Here's your chance to try Yoga in the Park led by Zen House Yoga.   Join this free yoga session at noon outside the lower level of the Central Park Nature Center.  In the event of light rain or drizzle this activity  will be held at the parks south side open air shelter.

Get your hands dirty and make some pollinator seed balls to take home and plant.  Our seed ball station will be set up in the lower level of the Central Park Nature Center from 1-4 PM.  Make and take as many seed balls as you will plant.  We'll have seeds for milkweed, native prairie, zinnia, and sunflower seed balls.

The Central Park Nature Center will be open to visitors from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Earth Day.

For more information on upcoming events and programs hosted by Jones County Conservation, visit:

https://www.jonescountyiowa.gov/conservation/

Come enjoy the sights and sounds of spring while making a difference in your community!

Jones County Youth Conservation Crew

Youth Volunteers WANTED!  Youth ages 12-18  can join the 2026 Jones County Youth Conservation Crew.  Join conservation staff in leadership activities, educational conservation and ecology lessons, and hands on service learning  Thursday mornings in June from 9 AM - Noon.  Register at https://www.mycountyparks.com/County/Jones/Events

Jones County Youth Conservation Crew

Youth Volunteers WANTED!  Youth ages 12-18  can join the 2026 Jones County Youth Conservation Crew.  Join conservation staff in leadership activities, educational conservation and ecology lessons, and hands on service learning  Thursday mornings in June from 9 AM - Noon.  Register at https://www.mycountyparks.com/County/Jones/Events

Central Park Iowa Young Birders Association Outing

Join the Iowa Young Birders Association for a fun morning of birdwatching at Central Park — perfect for kids and families!

We’ll meet at the Central Park Nature Center at 9:00 AM to say hello and learn a little about birds before heading out on the trails together. We’ll see how many different bird species we can spot along the way!

Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Binoculars and bird guides will be available to borrow, or you’re welcome to bring your own.

New birders welcome - you do not have to be a current member of the Iowa Young Birders Association to attend.

Jones County Youth Conservation Crew

Youth Volunteers WANTED!  Youth ages 12-18  can join the 2026 Jones County Youth Conservation Crew.  Join conservation staff in leadership activities, educational conservation and ecology lessons, and hands on service learning  Thursday mornings in June from 9 AM - Noon.  Register at https://www.mycountyparks.com/County/Jones/Events