INHF has selected Dr. Russell (Russ) Benedict to receive the 2025 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award. Learn more about Dr. Benedict, a conservationist dedicated to creative visions of a sustainable future and a prolific community-builder.
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March 31, 2025
Jim Wooley Family Tract Aims to Protect and Open Access to 422 Acres in South Central Iowa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, external affairs director, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 Contact: Jared Wiklund,...
March 17, 2025
INHF and Arnolds Park working to protect 73-acre property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, external affairs director, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 INHF and Arnolds...
September 29, 2024
$470,000 to go to central Iowa wetlands thanks to Prairie Meadows grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846 DES MOINES, Iowa — Prairie Meadows Casino recently announced that four central...
September 27, 2024
Glenn Pollock to receive 2024 Hagie Heritage Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, External Affairs Director, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 Iowa Natural Heritage...
October 31, 2023
INHF welcomes Greg Grupp as new chair; other board moves
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation welcomes a new chair to its board of directors. Greg Grupp steps into the position after serving on the INHF board for the last 10 years, most recently as 1st Vice Chair and chair of the Development Committee.
October 9, 2023
Dr. Ron Eckoff Wins 2023 Hagie Heritage Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Communications Director 515-288-1846, jjayjack@inhf.org Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has selected...
April 25, 2023
North American Prairie Conference returns to Iowa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joe Jayjack, jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 The North American Prairie Conference (NAPC) is returning after a...
January 25, 2023
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation purchases Little Sioux Scout Ranch
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) has purchased the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa from the Mid-America Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 18, 2022
Wendel Family donates more than 100 acres of Loess Hills Prairie to INHF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, INHF Communications Director jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 The Wendel family on the remnant prairie...
September 22, 2022
Dr. Jim Pease wins 2022 Hagie Heritage award
Dr. Jim Pease of Ames has been selected by Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) to receive the 2022 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award, which recognizes Iowans who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of Iowa’s natural environment and encouraging others to do the same.
March 10, 2022
INHF renews its accreditation status
For immediate release Contact: Joe Jayjack, INHF communications director, jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 DES MOINES — One thing that unites...
