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Iris at Quigley-Slattery Heritage Prairie, Buchanan County

Jessica Rilling

Blog For Tag "restoration"

  • Work of a Lifetime

    FEB. 17, 2020

    Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who go in search of them. Such seems to be the case for Ray and Patti Hamilton. It was in this way that the couple found and fell in love with Codfish Hollow Hill Prairie, 60 acres of remnant and reconstructed prairie-covered hills and wooded valleys east of Maquoketa in Jackson County.

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  • Vital Refuge

    AUG. 19, 2019

    Success stories of species that have made a comeback in Iowa in recent decades.

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  • On Sacred Ground - Spirituality, conservation and connection

    JAN. 30, 2019

    For some, it's a sense of responsibility rooted in their faith that moves them to protect, restore and steward the land. For others, it is nature itself that provides a sense of place, purpose and belonging. Often, the two are intertwined.

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  • Meadow-morphasis

    NOV. 21, 2018

    John and Shari Paule worked for years to restore their land in Madison County. Now, they're protecting it well into the future.

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  • A Woman's Place

    AUG. 28, 2018

    INHF has worked with landowners across the state to permanently protect Iowa's wild and working lands. Many of these landowners have been — and continue to be — women. While their stories have always been an essential part of ours, stories of women on the land have been historically underrepresented.

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