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A speaker presenting in a rustic venue with a stone fireplace and greenery, engaged with an audience.

From Acorn to Oak Tree (Posted December 9, 2019)

As Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation’s 40th anniversary year comes to a close, we look back on the early years of...
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Iowa Great Lakes (Posted November 25, 2019)

Photo courtesy of David Thoreson People have long flocked to the Iowa Great Lakes to dive into the blue water...
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Jeff Jutting, Carroll Perkins and Karen Voge-Perkins stand by Perkins Prairie Preserve sign.

Progress in the Prairie (Posted November 11, 2019)

Removing undesirable and aggressive species, like cedars and dogwood, to make room for native prairie is hard, often thankless work....
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Enid and Pat Cancilla with INHF President Joe McGovern

2019 INHF Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award Recipients (Posted October 31, 2019)

Enid and Pat Cancilla with INHF President Joe McGovern.  IOWA CITY– Pat and Enid Cancilla of Iowa City have been...
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Golden Greenways (Posted October 29, 2019)

Photo courtesy of Travel Dubuque Put away your sandals and bring out your sweaters. It’s officially the season for cool...
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Flooding caused damage along Fourmile Creek in Polk County

Natural Solution (Posted January 31, 2019)

A flood-prone creek has wreaked havoc on Des Moines. New protection upstream aims to ease flooding woes. On Sunday morning,...
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Man looking upon Wapsipinicon River

On Sacred Ground - Conservation, connection (Posted January 30, 2019)

Why? It’s a question that comes up often in conversations with Iowans about their decision to permanently protect their land....
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Addition to Sleepy Hollow Park in Ames

South Skunk River buffered with Sleepy Hollow Park addition in Ames (Posted January 29, 2019)

Sleepy Hollow Park in Story County will soon grow by more than 15 acres thanks to a joint project by...
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Green Hill Ranch

Loess is More (Posted April 24, 2018)

Visiting Green Hill Ranch for the first time, Graham McGaffin said the property’s expansiveness struck him. “It can be difficult...
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Chichaqua Bottoms

Building Chichaqua (Posted February 28, 2018)

Sometimes, the best things are found in unexpected places. This is certainly true of Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, a 9,000+ acre...
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Jewell family signing agricultural land easement

Jewells protects family farm outside Decorah with Agricultural Land Easement (Posted February 27, 2018)

Bobby Jewell grew up on the edge of Decorah, hunting, fishing and watching his dad wrangle Brown Swiss dairy cows...
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butterfly

INHF helps protect statewide Monarch habitat with pollinator partnership (Posted June 28, 2017)

The North American monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do.  Harnessing air currents,...
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