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Prescribed burn in Canada

Sparking Inspiration (Posted November 2, 2022)

A prescribed fire burns at the Canadian Prairies TREX where Kody Wohlers, Loess Hills land stewardship director, provided training. This landscape...
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The Little City that Could (Posted October 24, 2022)

Photo by Ron Blair Jefferson County sits in southeast Iowa with a total population of just over 18,000. Yet this small,...
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As the election nears, here is how you can be nature's advocate (Posted October 24, 2022)

As we near the 2022 election, legislators and candidates are making their final pitch, but they're also listening to their...
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Wendel Family

Wendel Family donates more than 100 acres of Loess Hills Prairie to INHF (Posted October 18, 2022)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, INHF Communications Director jjayjack@inhf.org, 515-288-1846, ext. 19 The Wendel family on the remnant prairie donated...
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Under Wild Skies (Posted October 11, 2022)

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 (Posted October 3, 2022)

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 (Posted September 27, 2022)

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 (Posted September 22, 2022)

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 (Posted September 22, 2022)

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 (Posted September 21, 2022)

“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 (Posted September 7, 2022)

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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Allison in front of a wetland.

INHF Welcomes 2022 Living Lands Fellow (Posted August 26, 2022)

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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