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Map of My Kingdom (Posted January 6, 2015)

With an aging population of Iowa landowners, more than half of the farmland in the state will be transferred to new...
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Pine Hollow Creek

Who Will Carry On? (Posted January 2, 2015)

Doug Wood, a favorite Minnesota songster, sings a song with some important questions: “Who will love the land? Who will...
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December Opossum in tree

Wordless Wednesday – Virginia Opossum (Posted December 24, 2014)

Here are two different Virginia Opossums our Blufflands Program Manager, Brian Fankhauser came across and photographed while doing the annual site inspection of...
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Northern Saw-Whet Owl

Wordless Wednesday – Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Posted December 17, 2014)

This little owl is only eight inches high and hunts at night eating mostly mice.  They migrate to Iowa in...
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Fox Sparrow

Nature Walk: Fox Sparrows (Posted December 15, 2014)

“In autumn Fox sparrows migrate south from their breeding territory in northern boreal forests through the central states. They are...
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INHF Communications team welcomes Joe Jayjack

INHF Communications team welcomes Joe Jayjack (Posted December 12, 2014)

Join INHF in welcoming Joe Jayjack, INHF’s new Communications Specialist. Joe will assist our Director of Communications, Hannah Inman, with...
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Land Stewardship summer internship (Posted December 11, 2014)

Looking for a conservation internship this summer? Apply to be on our 2015 summer Statewide and Blufflands land stewardship crew!...
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Women Food and Agriculture Network Conference (Posted December 9, 2014)

Karen Washington presenting at the conference. *Photo courtesy of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network Facebook page. On November 14th...
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Hoarfrost -Winter Stream

Nature Walk: Hoarfrost (Posted December 8, 2014)

“Moving water in small streams freezes as temperatures near zero degrees Fahrenheit. When the air is supersaturated (has a high...
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Thanksgiving Crows

Nature Walk: Crow Families (Posted December 4, 2014)

“Crows are gregarious birds with social ties to family groups or closely related individuals. One study found that the average...
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Carl Kurtz's book

A Year of Iowa Nature: Discovering Where We Live (Posted December 2, 2014)

A new book of Carl Kurtz’s photos has just been released by the University of Iowa Press.  It is a...
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thankgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at INHF! (Posted November 27, 2014)

We want to wish all of our members and friends a great Thanksgiving. Thank you all for your support these last 35...
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