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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.

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Green over Screens: Why Children Should Play Outside

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some...
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Species Spotlight: Grey Catbird

You hear it before you see it. A strange, meow-like call seeming to emanate from a nearby thicket. Is that...
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INHF Welcomes 2022 Living Lands Fellow

We’re pleased to welcome Allison Boehm as the 2022 Living Lands Fellow. Boehm’s upbringing on her family farm near Wadena,...
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INHF to lead management of prairie preserve in Ames

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is now the lead manager of the Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve in Iowa.

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From Battles to Bicycles

Photos courtesy of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Warrior Expeditions In the summer of 2021, five veterans set out from Washington,...
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What to Bring on a Hike

Whether you’re traversing the flat lands of central Iowa or scaling the bluffs in the northeast corner of the state,...
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Species Spotlight: Harvestmen

You’ve likely encountered thousands of them in your life, crawling on leaves or windowsills, hiding underneath logs or creeping up...
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A prairie in bloom.

Leave only Footprints, Take only Memories

Lanz Heritage Area, Jasper County, Iowa. Photo by Ross Baxter/INHF It’s a marvelous day to visit an Iowa park. The...
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INHF Welcomes Four New Staff Members

Please join INHF in welcoming Stacie Couvillon, Sydney Hunter, Patrick McNaughton, and Erica Place! Each brings valuable expertise to both...
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Monarch on Stiff Goldenrod

Monarch Butterfly Listed as Endangered Species by IUCN

Monarch butterflies migrate up to 2,500 miles to their winter habitat in Mexico and California and return to areas throughout the U.S. and Canada during the summer breeding season. Illegal and legal logging has destroyed a substantial amount of the monarch’s winter habitat, and their summer habitat is likewise threatened by herbicide spraying and development.

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Lesser-Known Wild Edibles to Forage for in July

They might not look like the fruits or vegetables at the supermarket - and they’re not as well-known or as...
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