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INHF Flood Plain Outreach

Image from Iowa DNR This year, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation started a flood plain outreach program. This new initiative coincides...
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What is REAP?

The High Trestle Trail is one of INHF’s projects recently funded by REAP. If you've enjoyed public lands and Iowa's...
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Nature Walk: Evening Thunderstorm

Cumulonimbus clouds that form when cold fronts and warm, moist air collide can reach 60,000 feet (12 miles) in height...
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Safe school routes

For many Iowa families, summer break has reached an end. The spontaneity of summer days may be gone, but it...
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Ashton Outdoor Adventure

Photo courtesy of Matthew Scott Do you know how to survive in the outdoors? You can put your outdoor skills...
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Can You Guess?

Land Stewardship Assistant Ryan snapped this photo a few weeks back while working out at Indiangrass Hills in eastern Iowa....
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“By any measure of beauty, Prairie blazing star is one of the most anticipated prairie species to bloom with its stunning tall magenta spikes. They belong to the Aster family along with a host of sunflowers and bloom from mid-to late July into mid-Au

Nature Walk: Prairie blazing star

By any measure of beauty, Prairie blazing star is one of the most anticipated prairie species to bloom with its...
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What to do at the Iowa State Fair

Informational presentations are offered several times daily during the State Fair at the courtyard stage at the Iowa DNR building....
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Watershed Festival

The Walnut Creek Watershed Coalition, Raccoon River Watershed Association and the City of Windsor Heights are co-hosting the Watershed Festival...
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Office Interns Go Rogue

Two weeks ago, the trails, design and communications intern met up with the land stewardship interns in Iowa County. An...
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When a summer cold front pushes down from the north and meets a warm humid air mass, summer rainstorms often develop. They can be mild with moderate rain or contain high winds, hail and very heavy rain.  If the cloud cover in the west breaks before s

Nature Walk: Wild Prairie Light

When a summer cold front pushes down from the north and meets a warm humid air mass, summer rainstorms often...
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Helen Gunderson receives first Farmland Owner Award

My friend of many years, Helen Gunderson, has been awarded the first Farmland Owner Award from the Practical Farmers of...
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