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July 10, 2015
Picture perfect prairies (Posted July 10, 2015)
A tour participant photographs a wood lily at Stinson Prairie State Preserve. On Saturday, June 27, INHF president Joe McGovern led...
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July 8, 2015
Do It Yourself: Orange Bird Feeder (Posted July 8, 2015)
The dog days of summer are here! Try this quick and easy craft to attract some wildlife to your yard for...
July 6, 2015
Nature Walk: Grasshopper Sparrow (Posted July 6, 2015)
“For grassland birds such as the grasshopper sparrow, insects like this grasshopper are an important source of protein for the...
July 3, 2015
Nature's fireworks (Posted July 3, 2015)
Celebrate the Fourth of July with the beauty of flowers—Iowa’s natural “fireworks.” From all of us here at INHF, have...
July 2, 2015
Jayjack named Director of Communications (Posted July 2, 2015)
Help INHF congratulate Joe Jayjack, our new Director of Communications. Jayjack served as interim director beginning June 1 and will now...
July 1, 2015
Beat the heat with ice cream (Posted July 1, 2015)
(Photo by Evan Feekes) Happy National Ice Cream Month! We know you're in need of a cold, sweet treat as you...
June 30, 2015
Biking the Amana Colonies (Posted June 30, 2015)
The Kolonieweg trail running through Amana means “Colony Way.” (Photo by Eric Utterback) Looking for somewhere new to explore on...
June 29, 2015
Nature Walk: Least Skipper (Posted June 29, 2015)
“Skippers, such as this Least Skipper, are miniature butterflies just slightly larger than a dime and easy to overlook. They...
June 25, 2015
Volunteer spotlight: ISU students volunteer for “magical” day (Posted June 25, 2015)
Six Iowa State University Natural Resource and Ecology Management (NREM) graduate students used their skills to help open up and restore a remnant prairie on a March day this spring on a Boone County woodland just 20 minutes from campus. This is the fifth time ISU’s NREM students have worked on the site.
June 23, 2015
The Silent City (Posted June 23, 2015)
Along the Big Sioux River in the northwest corner of Iowa lays Blood Run. Splitting its 3,000 acres between Iowa and...
June 22, 2015
Nature Walk: Red-Headed Woodpecker (Posted June 22, 2015)
“The abundance of woodpeckers such as the red-headed directly relates to available habitat and food supply. Their numbers may increase...
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