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Nature Walk: Widow Skimmer

“Widow Skimmers are common summer dragonflies found near lakes, streams and in open fields. Its distribution is widespread across the...
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Picture perfect prairies

A tour participant photographs a wood lily at Stinson Prairie State Preserve. On Saturday, June 27, INHF president Joe McGovern led...
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Do It Yourself: Orange Bird Feeder

The dog days of summer are here! Try this quick and easy craft to attract some wildlife to your yard for...
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For grassland birds such as the grasshopper sparrow, insects such as this grasshopper are an important source of protein for the growth and development of nestlings.  Prairies or pastures that contain a variety of forbs (flowering plants) coupled wit

Nature Walk: Grasshopper Sparrow

“For grassland birds such as the grasshopper sparrow, insects like this grasshopper are an important source of protein for the...
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Nature's fireworks

Celebrate the Fourth of July with the beauty of flowers—Iowa’s natural “fireworks.” From all of us here at INHF, have...
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Jayjack named Director of Communications

Help INHF congratulate Joe Jayjack, our new Director of Communications. Jayjack served as interim director beginning June 1 and will now...
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Jayjack named Director of Communications

Help INHF congratulate Joe Jayjack, our new Director of Communications! Jayjack has been serving as interim director since the beginning of...
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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 you...
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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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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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