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Protecting Something Sacred (Posted March 28, 2018)

Photo courtesy of Effigy Mounds National Monument In 2013, the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) was preparing to expand US...
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Time is Now for Conservation Action (Posted March 20, 2018)

On Feb. 12, hundreds of people gathered in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building to demand permanent, reliable funding...
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Butterfly Boost (Posted March 9, 2018)

If Monarch butterflies could rate the top places to dine and rest in the Midwest, eastern Iowa’s Linn County would...
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Iowa landowners to be honored at Capitol (Posted February 28, 2018)

On Monday, March 5, 46 landowners will be recognized at the Iowa State Capitol for their contributions to conservation efforts...
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Building Chichaqua (Posted February 28, 2018)

Sometimes, the best things are found in unexpected places. This is certainly true of Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, a 9,000+ acre...
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Jewells protects family farm outside Decorah with Agricultural Land Easement (Posted February 27, 2018)

Bobby Jewell grew up on the edge of Decorah, hunting, fishing and watching his dad wrangle Brown Swiss dairy cows...
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New Year, New Staff (Posted January 30, 2018)

Left to right: Jessica Riebkes Clough, land projects assistant; Derek Miner, land stewardship associate; Katy Heggen, communications assistant.  Three familiar...
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A history of REAP (Posted January 29, 2018)

On Tuesday, April 25, 1989, all 100 members of Iowa’s House of Representatives voted “yea” on Iowa’s Resource Enhancement And...
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Many Hands for the Land (Posted January 10, 2018)

Now that the 2017 volunteer season has come to a close, I’ve been able to catch my breath and look...
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In Case You Missed It: 2017 at INHF (Posted December 20, 2017)

2017 was a record breaking year for INHF. Take a look back at the biggest moments of the year, and...
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Back to the River (Posted December 19, 2017)

“If you build it, they will come." This familiar “Field of Dreams” reference tends to elicit eye-rolls from long-time Iowans...
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New greenway will connect eight public areas in Dickinson and Osceola counties (Posted November 29, 2017)

New greenway will connect eight public areas in Dickinson and Osceola counties After nearly a decade of coordination, Iowa Natural...
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