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INHF Volunteer Coordinator Mary Runkel (second from left) with volunteers at last year's Taco RAVE.

RAVE along the Great Western Trail

INHF Volunteer Coordinator Mary Runkel (second from left) with volunteers at last year’s Taco RAVE. Do you like biking? Do...
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"If you are a Hooded Merganser hen with a brood of ducklings you have a fulltime job keeping them in line.  Like wood ducks they are tree cavity nesters, and readily use wood duck houses on small ponds, streams or rivers.  This group of ten is likely

Nature Walk: Hooded Merganser Ducklings

“A Hooded Merganser hen with a brood of ducklings has a full-time job keeping them in line. Like wood ducks,...
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Volunteers remove invasive garlic mustard from Heritage Valley.

Into the Wild & Out with the Mustard

Volunteers remove invasive garlic mustard from Heritage Valley. Join INHF to combat invasive garlic mustard (via hand-pull) at our third...
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Conservation Easement Incentive Act moves to the Senate

At the end of last year, the enhanced deduction for conservation easement donations expired. To restore—and make permanent—this enhanced incentive,...
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“Coniferous trees, such as spruces, pines and firs, are called evergreens since they have green leaves (or needles) all year.  Tamaracks are coniferous trees found in northern forests; however, they are also deciduous and lose their needles each fall

Nature Walk: Tamaracks

“Coniferous trees, such as spruces, pines and firs, are called evergreens since they have green leaves (or needles) all year....
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What's in Bloom: Woodlands

This is our second installment of “What's in Bloom.” From time to time, INHF volunteer Catherine Wilson will let you...
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Celebrating one year of Iowa By Trail

It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the Iowa By Trail app launched last spring. The app has...
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Restoring pollinator habitat – one Patch at a time

Benjamin Reynard of Dubuque has started a Kickstarter campaign to restore a million acres of pollinator habitat. Because pollination services...
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RAVEs define Earth Day 2015

Engaged citizens committed Random Acts of Volunteering for Earth (RAVE) to clear invasive species, collect garbage, restore habitats, inform interested...
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“Depending on the cloud cover or atmospheric distortion, the view of the moon phases each month can be very different.  In this series, starting at the upper left, we see it behind a thin layer of clouds. Next it appears just above the horizon, disto

Nature Walk: Moon Views

“Depending on the cloud cover or atmospheric distortion, the view of the moon phases each month can be very different....
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May is National Bike Month.

Gearing up for Bike Month

May is National Bike Month. April showers bring May flowers–and May brings out the bikes! Celebrate Bike Month Iowa with...
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Gunderson land May 2010

Gifts to Iowa's future

Mary Lou and Bob Gunderson. There are moments in the life of each INHF project in which the staff tries...
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