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Inman says goodbye to INHF (Posted June 1, 2015)

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Director of Communications Hannah Inman announced May 4 that she was leaving INHF at the end of the month to spend more time with her family and help with their family business.

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Wordless Wednesday – Yawning Fox Pup (Posted May 27, 2015)

Photo by Carl Kurtz
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"Thrushes such as the Eastern Bluebird and the Swainson's Thrush may respond to human disturbances to search for insects.  In this case some scattered trees over recently mowed grass was a feeding bonanza.  Perching on low branches they dropped to th

Nature Walk: Thrushes (Posted May 26, 2015)

“Thrushes such as the Eastern Bluebird and the Swainson's Thrush may respond to human disturbances to search for insects. In...
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What's in Bloom: May (Posted May 22, 2015)

This is our third installment of “What's in Bloom.” From time to time, INHF volunteer Catherine Wilson will let you...
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Limestone bluffs along the Upper Iowa River in Winneshiek County (Photo by Clint Farlinger)

Up in the Blufflands (Posted May 21, 2015)

Limestone bluffs line the Upper Iowa River in Winneshiek County. (Photo by Clint Farlinger) In passing, the split-level building in...
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The sun sets over the Loess Hills in Monona County. (Photo by Robert Buman)

Loess Hills Prairie Seminar (Posted May 20, 2015)

The sun sets over the Loess Hills in Monona County. (Photo by Robert Buman) “Honoring Prairie and the Hills” Whether...
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Parks of Gay Lea Wilson Trail (Posted May 19, 2015)

Featured on the Iowa By Trail app, Gay Lea Wilson Trail extends for 35 miles in Polk County, through Des Moines, Altoona,...
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INHF's Brian Fankhauser will lead a hike here at Heritage Valley on Sunday, May 31.

Celebrating native Iowa plants (Posted May 14, 2015)

INHF’s Brian Fankhauser will lead a hike here at Heritage Valley on Sunday, May 24. Join the festivities as the Iowa...
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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 (Posted May 13, 2015)

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 (Posted May 13, 2015)

“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 (Posted May 11, 2015)

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 (Posted May 8, 2015)

At the end of last year, the enhanced deduction for conservation easement donations expired. To restore—and make permanent—this enhanced incentive, bipartisan legislation...
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