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Two popular trout streams protected in northeast Iowa

With the acquisition of two Winneshiek County properties, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is helping improve trout habitat and expand the...
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 JewEllsworth

A Trail of Two Cities

The story of the JewEllsworth Trail begins with the farm crisis of the early 1980s. For Rick Young, city councilman...
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New Option Emerges for Veterans Parkway Extension

Collaborative Effort Keeps Great Western Trail Untouched UPDATE There will be a public informational meeting about the new Veterans Parkway...
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Winter prairie burn

Prescribed fire in the winter?

Land stewardship staff conduct a burn in January at Snyder Heritage Farm in Polk County. Photo by Ryan Schmidt Here...
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Pale Purple Coneflower

INHF sends prairie seed for research to Tallgrass Prairie Center

When the sun hides behind the clouds and the winter frost begins to coat the plains below, prairies lie dormant...
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Prairie City to Mitchellville

The Missing Link

At Mitchellville city limits, through Prairie City and on toward Monroe, a trail is forming that will bring hundreds of...
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IWILL formula

Trusting the formula

More than 10 years ago, a diverse group came together to craft a formula that would become the Natural Resources...
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bison

INHF helping expand Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

Some Central Iowans would never guess that less than half an hour from their door, an opportunity to step back...
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Wickiup Hill Natural Area

Get Outdoors: Wickiup Hill Natural Area

Just 20 minutes from Iowa’s second-largest city is a protected haven. Wetland, prairie, woodland and savanna ecosystems flourish amidst an...
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Sheri Blough Neff and Dave Neff

Labor of Love

The Neff family’s donated wetland is serving up nature to Fairfield’s residents. "Families get out of their cars in the...
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Boardwalk

Get Outdoors: Wickiup Hill Natural Area

PHOTO BY GARY HAMER Just 20 minutes from Iowa’s second largest city is a protected haven. Wetland, prairie, woodland and...
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Buchanen County

INHF protection projects receive 2016 REAP grants

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is excited to announce five INHF projects that were awarded REAP (Resource Enhancement and Protection program)...
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