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August 10, 2014
INHF launches RAVE volunteer opportunities (Posted August 10, 2014)
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has launched a new type of volunteer opportunity: RAVE - Random Acts of Volunteering for the...
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July 29, 2014
Lanz Heritage Farm (Posted July 29, 2014)
Green. The color has overtaken four steeply sloped areas on the Lanz property — areas that had formerly been cropped...
July 29, 2014
John S. Lowenberg Fund (Posted July 29, 2014)
John S. Lowenberg’s roots ran deep into Iowa land. His rural childhood and his career as a farm manager and...
July 18, 2014
House votes to make conservation tax incentive permanent (Posted July 18, 2014)
Today Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Land Trusts across the country and conservation advocates everywhere are celebrating the bipartisan passage of...
September 21, 2013
Hagie Winner 2013: Jimmie Dean Thompson (Posted September 21, 2013)
Jimmie Dean Thompson has a knack for identifying plant species. After working at the Ames post office for 32 years,...
November 2, 2012
Why an acorn? (Posted November 2, 2012)
“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” – English Proverb At the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, we’ve learned firsthand that great...
October 17, 2012
Why young professionals care (Posted October 17, 2012)
Iowa is the most developed state in the nation. Due to expanded agricultural and urban development, the pressure on our...
October 15, 2012
Nature Walk: Bird Bath (Posted October 15, 2012)
Birds bathe to keep their feathers in good condition for flying and to create an insulation blanket that protects them...
October 10, 2012
Meet “America's Darling” (Posted October 10, 2012)
All Rights Reserved INHFDing Darling was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and an accomplished Iowa conservationist. From heading the U.S....
September 27, 2012
On Volunteering (Posted September 27, 2012)
I was “that guy” yesterday… …the stranger who calls you in the evening. I dialed the phone 157 times over...
September 24, 2012
Nature Walk: Variegated Fritillary (Posted September 24, 2012)
Butterflies, like birds, are highly migratory. While many nature lovers are familiar with the monarch and its annual journey to...
September 23, 2012
Hagie Award Winner 2012: Bob and Mary Lou Gunderson (Posted September 23, 2012)
Over 20 years ago, Bob and Mary Lou first made preserving Iowa’s natural beauty their lives’ passion. The couple has...
