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Coping with Change

Editor's note: When we started writing this story in early 2019, no one could have predicted the devastation and uncertainty floods...
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Expand Your Hiking Horizons

With warm weather quickly approaching, it’s time to start planning new adventures around the state. This year, pack your backpack,...
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Led by the Land

For 40 years, INHF has worked to protect some of the best places in the state. But when the paperwork...
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Destination Whiterock

Floating south on the Middle Raccoon River, the gentle water trail meanders through the Whiterock valley, opening overhead to oak...
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Southern wildlands

Connecting Southern Wildlands

As more Iowans are flocking to urban and suburban centers, the need for public land to explore and escape around...
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Prairie seed harvest

Volunteer Voices

April is National Volunteer Month, a time to celebrate the positive impact of volunteers. It’s no easy task clearing a...
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Kevin Cutsforth

Meet INHF's CRM Coordinator

INHF is excited to welcome Kevin Cutsforth to the team as our new Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Coordinator. As CRM...
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House subcommittee hearing scheduled for SF 548

Senate File 548, which passed out of the full Iowa Senate last week, has been assigned to the House Agriculture...
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REAP is Iowa's best conservation program

In rural Iowa and beyond, county conservation boards and Iowa’s REAP program are bringing nature to Iowans. If you’ve explored...
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Iowa landowners honored at Capitol

On Tuesday, March 12, more than 40 gifts of land, land value or conservation easements were recognized at the Iowa...
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Why the State Revolving Fund is important to water quality and conservation

With the help conservation advocates across Iowa, two amendments were made to SF 548 (formerly known as SSB 1221) before it was...
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Your voice made a difference

Thank you.   When two bills were introduced in the Iowa legislature last week that threatened conservation and outdoor recreation...
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