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Nurturing new careers in ecological restoration

In 2014, Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) is sponsoring an exciting opportunity for aspiring female ecological restoration professionals in...
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Six months of each year most deciduous trees are leafless with barren branches.  They are not really barren, however, since they are covered with new buds that formed in the fall.  In this silver maple, they will become red with flowers in late April

Nature Walk: Winter branches

Six months of each year most deciduous trees are leafless with barren branches. They are not really barren, however, since...
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photo by Kerri Sorrell, INHF Design & Communications Intern

Iowa winter sunset

photo by Kerri Sorrell, INHF Design & Communications Intern A breathtaking sunset transformed the lake and trails at Raccoon River...
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The Hidden Works of Jay N. “Ding” Darling

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum in West Branch, Iowa will open a new temporary exhibit, The Hidden Works of Jay...
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The second week in January does not seem like nesting season unless you are a great-horned owl, a bald eagle, or an eastern fox squirrel.  This squirrel is making repeated trips to a small brush pile gathering dry leaves and taking them to its winter

Nature Walk: Nesting fox squirrels

The second week in January does not seem like nesting season unless you are a great-horned owl, a bald eagle...
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Share your event with INHF

Does your organization have an event coming up? INHF isn’t just committed to protecting Iowa’s natural areas, we also want...
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Everyone in cold climates has likely seen frost patterns on a window after a very cold night.  It can take many different forms or shapes from lines to flowing flower-like designs.  Formation occurs due to the difference in very cold air outside and

Nature Walk: Winter Frost

Everyone in cold climates has likely seen frost patterns on a window after a very cold night. It can take...
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Weekend ice fishing

This weekend, take advantage of above-zero temperatures and try a new winter activity: ice fishing! Polk County Conservation is hosting...
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Survival for birds in winter is about feather design, grooming, available flood supplies, fat reserves and protection from wind.  Feathers are a bird's first and most important defense against cold. Birds groom contour feathers with oil to make them

Nature Walk: Bird Insulation

Survival for birds in winter is about feather design, grooming, available flood supplies, fat reserves and protection from wind. Feathers...
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Nature & The Naturalist

Our friends at the Dallas County Conservation Board released their winter newsletter recently, which included a piece by Naturalist Chris...
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Winter eagle watching

One of the greatest winter pleasures of outdoor enthusiasts is the annual bald eagle watching season. With many bluffs and...
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First hike of the new year

photo by Richie Diesterheft and courtesy of Creative Commons Hikers, save the date! The E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center in Dubuque,...
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