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Building Trails & Bolstering Communities (Posted February 25, 2020)

Trails are connectors. Trails connect people to nature, to attractions and to each other. Trails connect wildlife with habitat and...
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Iowa State Parks

New book celebrates 100 years of Iowa State Parks (Posted February 25, 2020)

“Parks are so deeply ingrained in our contemporary landscape that we seldom question their origins; they are just there. But...
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Why INHF supports the Invest in Iowa Act (Posted February 18, 2020)

If the Invest in Iowa Act is passed, an estimated $171 million in sustainable, reliable, constitutionally protected funding will go into the Natural...
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Patti and Ray Hamilton have spent the last 35 years restoring native prairie at Codfish Hollow Hill.

Work of a Lifetime (Posted February 17, 2020)

Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who go in search of them. Such seems to be the case for Ray and Patti Hamilton.

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First Winter Hike (Posted February 3, 2020)

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) provides opportunities for Iowans to get outdoors and experience some of the places its supporters...
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A Loess Hills Gem (Posted January 29, 2020)

Comprised of 151 acres in northwest Fremont County, the newly created Blackburn Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Blackburn State Park,...
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Meet INHF's Newest Office Interns (Posted January 27, 2020)

INHF is excited to welcome two new office interns to our team. Zoe Hanna joins us as a graphic design...
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2,258 hours (Posted January 13, 2020)

National Trails Day 2019 What a year it has been! From celebrating Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation's (INHF) 40th anniversary to...
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From Acorn to Oak Tree (Posted December 9, 2019)

As Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation’s 40th anniversary year comes to a close, we look back on the early years of...
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Nature and Mental Health (Posted November 25, 2019)

A doctor, a lawyer and a pharmacist walk into the woods… Slowly.  They’ve assembled at the edge of the woods...
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Iowa Great Lakes (Posted November 25, 2019)

Photo courtesy of David Thoreson People have long flocked to the Iowa Great Lakes to dive into the blue water...
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Jeff Jutting, Carroll Perkins and Karen Voge-Perkins stand by Perkins Prairie Preserve sign.

Progress in the Prairie (Posted November 11, 2019)

Removing undesirable and aggressive species, like cedars and dogwood, to make room for native prairie is hard, often thankless work....
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