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Under Wild Skies

Photo by Mike Fetterer “We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it...
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Joshua Harris

Meet INHF's Fall 2022 Communications Intern

This fall, Joshua will be furthering his multimedia communications journey with Iowa National Heritage Foundation as a communications intern. He...
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Returning Home: One family's gift is creating a new public area in Johnson County and reconnecting a tribe with its ancestral land

Nestled within the rolling hills of Johnson County lies Two Horse Farm: the culmination of decades of love and hard...
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Scout's Honor

Scouts have spent thousands of nights under the stars at Little Sioux Scout Ranch (LSSR) in western Iowa’s Monona County....
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Jim Pease

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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