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From Acorn to Oak Tree
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
Photo courtesy of David Thoreson People have long flocked to the Iowa Great Lakes to dive into the blue water...
Progress in the Prairie
Removing undesirable and aggressive species, like cedars and dogwood, to make room for native prairie is hard, often thankless work....
2019 INHF Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award Recipients
Enid and Pat Cancilla with INHF President Joe McGovern. IOWA CITY– Pat and Enid Cancilla of Iowa City have been...
Golden Greenways
Photo courtesy of Travel Dubuque Put away your sandals and bring out your sweaters. It’s officially the season for cool...
Natural Solution
A flood-prone creek has wreaked havoc on Des Moines. New protection upstream aims to ease flooding woes. On Sunday morning,...
On Sacred Ground - Conservation, connection
Why? It’s a question that comes up often in conversations with Iowans about their decision to permanently protect their land....
South Skunk River buffered with Sleepy Hollow Park addition in Ames
Sleepy Hollow Park in Story County will soon grow by more than 15 acres thanks to a joint project by...
Loess is More
Visiting Green Hill Ranch for the first time, Graham McGaffin said the property’s expansiveness struck him. “It can be difficult...
Building Chichaqua
Sometimes, the best things are found in unexpected places. This is certainly true of Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, a 9,000+ acre...
Jewells protects family farm outside Decorah with Agricultural Land Easement
Bobby Jewell grew up on the edge of Decorah, hunting, fishing and watching his dad wrangle Brown Swiss dairy cows...
INHF helps protect statewide Monarch habitat with pollinator partnership
The North American monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Harnessing air currents,...