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Posts by Joe McGovern

Iowans Want More Conservation

As we look back on our accomplishments of 2024 and chart a course for the year ahead, it is clear to me that all the great conservation work we have done together with landowners, private partners and public partners is a direct result of the amazing support from people like you.

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A Spirit of Service

Editor's note: May 1 marks the ten-year anniversary of Joe McGovern becoming President of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. INHF's staff...
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Joe McGovern

The Healing Power of Nature

About a week after much of Iowa began staying home to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Chad Graeve, a...
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INHF's plan to help slow the spread of COVID-19

Friends of INHF, During the past few weeks INHF staff has closely monitored the situation around COVID-19. Our team has...
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Funding comparison

Why INHF supports the Invest in Iowa Act

If the Invest in Iowa Act is passed, an estimated $171 million in sustainable, reliable, constitutionally protected funding will go...
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Wallace and Bowers nature area in Spirit Lake

Planning for Iowa's resilient future

When I was driving my daughter to school recently, we stopped so I could take a few pictures along the...
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Iowa Capitol

Legislature must make conservation a priority

PHOTO BY PHIL ROEDER The 2017 Iowa legislative session ended a week ago. It has been called a historic session,...
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