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"This lake was in his family blood, back to his great-grandparents,” Linda Phelps said about her late husband, George’s, connection...

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join...

INHF Land Stewardship Associate Derek Miner, Land Stewardship Director Ryan Schmidt and Volunteer Coordinator Melanie Schmidt have all gone to...

Wildness. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot of conversations about conservation, including those at INHF. A desire...

A leisurely walk to admire the changing colors of leaves during fall. A family outing riding bicycles together on a...

From left to right: 2020 Living Lands Fellow Joe Frieden, FCCB Director Rod Marlatt, Kathy Steege and INHF President Joe...

Photo by Marion Patterson When government surveyors made their way across Iowa in the early 1800s, they observed a surprising...

Leo Schlunz has been part of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) one way or another for 30 years. In 1990,...

We started Taproot in 2007 with a mission to support and strengthen children’s loving connection to the earth. I’m proud...

The nature of childhood has changed, but the joy and lasting impact of a childhood spent in nature hasn’t.

I grew up in Northwest Montana with wilderness just beyond my back door. I could get off the school bus...

For more than 40 years, Tim Sproul has been making conservation happen in the Loess Hills. Tim spent the first...