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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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Sodalis bat gate

Missouri nature preserve with INHF ties dedicated

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Jayjack, communications director, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, jjayjack@inhf.org or 515-288-1846 A new nature preserve in...
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Dr. Thomas Rosburg

Drake professor wins INHF's Hagie Heritage Award

A longtime professor at Drake University will receive a statewide award for his extensive conservation efforts, including giving 1,350 hours...
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Gunderson Nature Park

Barlow Challenge

As part of its Community Challenge, the Barlow Family Foundation has chosen two INHF projects to support by matching funds...
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Iowa's water & land legacy logo

Working for conservation action

At the start of the 2016 legislative session, Gov. Terry Branstad announced a proposal to address water quality that he...
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Clear Lake Fishing

Where the wild things were

Early accounts of Clear Lake, a spring-fed lake with origins in the last glacial period, tell of its use as...
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