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“Keep It Clean, Keep It Fun” Campaign (Posted May 27, 2014)

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 (Posted May 26, 2014)

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 (Posted May 21, 2014)

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 (Posted May 19, 2014)

We give little thought to the delicate flowers of trees unless they are ornamentals such as dogwoods, flowering crabapples or...
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Marble and West Hottes Lake Open House (Posted May 16, 2014)

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 (Posted May 14, 2014)

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 (Posted May 13, 2014)

In recent years, Monarch populations throughout North America have dwindled. Scientists believe that a major cause of this decline is...
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Woodland wildflowers such as Spring Beauty are among the first spring ephemerals to blossom in native woodlands.  Like many other woodland plants they flower, produce seed and restore their root reserves before the dense shade of the tree canopies bl

Nature Walk: Spring Beauty (Posted May 12, 2014)

Woodland wildflowers such as Spring Beauty are among the first spring ephemerals to blossom in native woodlands. Like many other...
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Photo for Wordless Wednesday: Pasque blooms

Wordless Wednesday: Pasque blooms (Posted May 7, 2014)

Pasque flowers are one of the first indicators that a beautiful prairie spring is on the way. We captured these...
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Bird songs often indicate the presence of birds before we see them.  They can also bring back vivid memories of past observations.  Few experiences are so wonderful as hearing the trumpeting sound of sandhill cranes in flight. They are the oldest liv

Nature Walk: Sandhill Crane (Posted May 5, 2014)

Bird songs often indicate the presence of birds before we see them. They can also bring back vivid memories of...
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TODAY: Iowa By Trail launch party (Posted May 1, 2014)

The big day is finally here! Get your party helmets on and join us TONIGHT from 4:30-8:30 at the Riverwalk...
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DOWNLOAD NOW: New Iowa By Trail app (Posted May 1, 2014)

It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for! The Central Iowa version of the NEW Iowa By Trail app is...
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