FCC welcomes Fisher

Fisher: I can’t imagine doing anything else

By Amie Johansen

amie@charlescitypress.com

Floyd County Conservation welcomes an intern to the team this summer: Iowa State University junior and Charles City High School graduate Zora Fisher. As horticulture major, spending the summer working with Floyd County Conservation seemed like a good fit.

“(I knew I was) going to come back here for the summer and I always liked coming here as a kid,” Fisher said of the Fossil and Prairie Park outside of Rockford.

In just three weeks, Fisher believes she has covered a multitude of tasks.

“I’ve done a lot actually,” Fisher said. “Planted trees, mowed a lot, painted lodges.”

The variety is one of the things Fisher has been enjoying about working in conservation.

“I find it fun,” she said. “It’s a new thing everyday.”

Fisher feels at home working at the various county parks.

“I really love plants, so, I can’t imagine doing anything else,” she said.

Her love for plants started early in life.

“I always was outside when I was little (and) my aunt would give me plants,” Fisher said.

“I started collecting.”

Her collection is quite numerous and includes several gardens along with house plants adorning much of her home.

“Well, my mom lets me do basically whatever i want (in the garden),” Fisher said. “Inside I have a lot of plants as well.”

By working as an intern this summer, Fisher hopes to gain experience that will align with her future career goals.

“I’d like to restore land back to conservation,” she said. “I would also like to go to foreign countries and help teach them to grow their own food.”

During her high school career, Fisher did not anticipate going on for a post-secondary education.

“Before I met Mr. Lundberg, I didn’t want to go to college at all,” she said.

Now she is immersed in ISU’s horticulture courses, growing her passion for plants even further.

“(Plants are) the basics of life,” she said. “Without them, we’d all be dead.”

Fisher will be spending the summer, ensuring botanic life continues to prosper throughout Floyd County.