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Two popular trout streams protected in northeast Iowa (Posted February 27, 2017)

With the acquisition of two Winneshiek County properties, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is helping improve trout habitat and expand the...
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 JewEllsworth

A Trail of Two Cities (Posted February 24, 2017)

The story of the JewEllsworth Trail begins with the farm crisis of the early 1980s. For Rick Young, city councilman...
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Winter prairie burn

Prescribed fire in the winter? (Posted January 30, 2017)

Land stewardship staff conduct a burn in January at Snyder Heritage Farm in Polk County. Photo by Ryan Schmidt Here at...
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Pale Purple Coneflower

INHF sends prairie seed for research to Tallgrass Prairie Center (Posted January 30, 2017)

When the sun hides behind the clouds and the winter frost begins to coat the plains below, prairies lie dormant...
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Prairie City to Mitchellville

The Missing Link (Posted January 9, 2017)

At Mitchellville city limits, through Prairie City and on toward Monroe, a trail is forming that will bring hundreds of...
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IWILL formula

Trusting the formula (Posted December 29, 2016)

More than 10 years ago, a diverse group came together to craft a formula that would become the Natural Resources...
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bison

INHF helping expand Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (Posted December 27, 2016)

Some Central Iowans would never guess that less than half an hour from their door, an opportunity to step back...
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Wickiup Hill Natural Area

Get Outdoors: Wickiup Hill Natural Area (Posted December 9, 2016)

Just 20 minutes from Iowa’s second-largest city is a protected haven. Wetland, prairie, woodland and savanna ecosystems flourish amidst an...
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Sheri Blough Neff and Dave Neff

Labor of Love (Posted December 9, 2016)

The Neff family’s donated wetland is serving up nature to Fairfield’s residents. "Families get out of their cars in the...
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Boardwalk

Get Outdoors: Wickiup Hill Natural Area (Posted November 30, 2016)

PHOTO BY GARY HAMER Just 20 minutes from Iowa’s second largest city is a protected haven. Wetland, prairie, woodland and...
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Buchanen County

INHF protection projects receive 2016 REAP grants (Posted November 23, 2016)

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is excited to announce five INHF projects that were awarded REAP (Resource Enhancement and Protection program)...
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Gunderson Nature Park

Barlow Challenge (Posted October 7, 2016)

As part of its Community Challenge, the Barlow Family Foundation has chosen two INHF projects to support by matching funds to individual...
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