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A Wild Idea (Posted April 21, 2022)

Half an hour east of Des Moines, the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge offers a look into Iowa's prairie past - and here, present - complete with roaming bison and elk, native wildflowers, grasses and sedges. But it hasn’t always been this way.

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In Case You Missed It: 2017 at INHF (Posted December 20, 2017)

2017 was a record breaking year for INHF. Take a look back at the biggest moments of the year, and...
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No species too small (Posted September 27, 2017)

Iowa was once home to an amazing array of animal species, providing habitat to a diverse mix of mammals, birds,...
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The Missing Link (Posted January 9, 2017)

At Mitchellville city limits, through Prairie City and on toward Monroe, a trail is forming that will bring hundreds of...
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INHF helping expand Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (Posted December 27, 2016)

Some Central Iowans would never guess that less than half an hour from their door, an opportunity to step back...
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