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Beat the heat with ice cream

(Photo by Evan Feekes) Happy National Ice Cream Month! We know you're in need of a cold, sweet treat as...
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Amana Colonies introduce gravel bike routes

The two new gravel routes allow riders to immerse themselves in the histories of Middle, High and West Amana. The...
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Kolonieweg in Amana, by Eric Utterback

Biking the Amana Colonies

The Kolonieweg trail running through Amana means “Colony Way.” (Photo by Eric Utterback) Looking for somewhere new to explore on...
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Nature Walk: Least Skipper

“Skippers, such as this Least Skipper, are miniature butterflies just slightly larger than a dime and easy to overlook. They...
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Volunteer spotlight: ISU students volunteer for “magical” day

Six Iowa State University Natural Resource and Ecology Management (NREM) graduate students used their skills to help open up and restore a remnant prairie on a March day this spring on a Boone County woodland just 20 minutes from campus. This is the fifth time ISU’s NREM students have worked on the site.

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Blood Run visit - July 2010

The Silent City

Along the Big Sioux River in the northwest corner of Iowa lays Blood Run. Splitting its 3,000 acres between Iowa...
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The abundance of woodpeckers such as the red-headed directly relates to available habitat and food supply.  Their numbers may increase after storms cause widespread tree damage or from diseases such as Dutch elm disease, which killed American elms in

Nature Walk: Red-Headed Woodpecker

“The abundance of woodpeckers such as the red-headed directly relates to available habitat and food supply. Their numbers may increase...
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Tour to showcase three unique prairies in Kossuth County

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joe Jayjack, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, jjayjack@inhf.org or 515-288-0137 Dianne Blankenship, Iowa Prairie Network, dianne.blankenship@gmail.com or...
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Nature makes us happier

Infographic via Happify
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A buckeye butterfly spreads its wings in Van Buren County.

Protecting pollinators with Plant.Grow.Fly.

A buckeye butterfly spreads its wings in Van Buren County. (Photo by Lora Conrad) Did you know this week is...
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The sun sets over Wildin Prairie.

McGovern to lead tour of Kossuth County prairies

The sun sets over Wildin Heritage Prairie. (Photo by Joe McGovern) INHF President Joe McGovern will lead tours of three...
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RAVE at Ewing Park

Join INHF, City of Des Moines, and the Central Iowa Trail Association (CITA) on Thursday, June 18, to bring RAVE...
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