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Wordless Wednesday: Turin Prairie

This photo of Turin Prairie was taken at this past weekend’s Loess Hills Prairie Seminar. The seminar consisted of nearly...
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UPCYCLE Stewards

Have you wanted to help improve Des Moines' water quality, diversify the woodlands or help the Blank Park Zoo? If...
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Dward Crested Iris

Nature Walk: Dwarf Crested Iris

Garden flowers are often exotics, that is, originating from foreign sources. Early settlers brought familiar plants from Europe, and horticulturalists...
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Souix County Field Day

Outdoor Skills Day for Youth

Join the Sioux County Conservation Board and Oak Grove Park for an outdoor skills day Friday, June 6; from 8:30...
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Photo for Wordless Wednesday: American bittern

Wordless Wednesday: American bittern

There’s a hidden gem in this photo. Can you spot the American bittern? Bitterns are known for the extraordinary camouflage—especially...
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Photo for “Keep It Clean, Keep It Fun” Campaign

“Keep It Clean, Keep It Fun” Campaign

Iowa has 18,000 miles of navigable creeks, rivers and lakes, allowing people to paddle all over the state. As we...
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Spring Color

Nature Walk: Spring Color

One of the joys of spring are the bright vivid colors of song birds and emerging wildflowers. Here we see...
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Photo for Wordless Wednesday: White Oak

Wordless Wednesday: White Oak

A White Oak towers over INHF’s Faust Property in Appanoose Co. amid a fresh spring prairie. Photo by Land Stewardship...
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We give little thought to the delicate flowers of trees unless they are ornamentals such as dogwoods, flowering crabapples or redbuds, to name a few.  We scarcely notice the flowers of maples, elms or river bottom trees like black willows.  These flo

Nature Walk: Black Willow Catkins

We give little thought to the delicate flowers of trees unless they are ornamentals such as dogwoods, flowering crabapples or...
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Photo for Marble and West Hottes Lake Open House

Marble and West Hottes Lake Open House

The Spirit Lake Protective Association, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and members of the Dickinson County Clean Water Alliance are...
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Photo for Wordless Wednesday: Fresh prairie life

Wordless Wednesday: Fresh prairie life

Last week, our Land Projects Associate Ross and his family visited our Mathes property in Marion Co. He snapped some...
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Butter Fly Milkweed

Create a Monarch Waystation at home

In recent years, Monarch populations throughout North America have dwindled. Scientists believe that a major cause of this decline is...
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