Support Current Projects
These current projects need financial support now. Each of them will become public lands with wildlife benefits.
Land Protection
Jim Wooley Family Tract — Madison & Clarke counties
INHF is partnering with Pheasants Forever to protect 422 acres of land to the adjacent Heritage Hills Wildlife Management Area. The site includes over 180 acres of woodland and 160 acres of grassland. The grasslands will provide critical habitat for bird species and other wildlife.
Vincent Bluff Addition
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) is partnering with the Loess Hills Preservation Society and the City of Council Bluffs to pursue the acquisition and permanent protection of a 29‑acre addition to the Vincent Bluff State Preserve. Learn more and help us protect this Loess Hills Icon!
Arnolds Park Project
On the edge of Arnolds Park in Dickinson County lies 73 acres of undeveloped land. INHF has secured an option to purchase the property and is working with the City of Arnolds Park and Dickinson County Conservation to realize a vision of a city-owned space, open to the public, with trails, wetlands and prairie.
Spring Branch Creek
INHF is fundraising to protect approximately 192 acres along the Spring Branch Creek coldwater trout stream near Manchester in Delaware County, adjacent to the Manchester Fish Hatchery.
Trail Projects
Iowa River's Edge Trail
This 34-mile former rail corridor between Marshalltown and Steamboat Rock follows the beautiful Iowa River Greenbelt and connects with Pine Lake State Park. Through Marshalltown, this new trail will connect with the Highway 330 Trail and Heart of Iowa Trail. (Central Iowa through Hardin and Marshall counties.)
Dry Run Trail
A mile of former rail corridor runs through 170 acres of woodlands and open space on Dry Run Creek. Besides being an attractive county park, Neste Valley will be a trailhead and a very scenic midway stretch for the envisioned 8-mile connection of Trout Run Trail in Decorah to the Prairie Farmer Recreational Trail (Calmar to Cresco). This would connect a 43-mile trail system in Northeast Iowa.
Coon Rapids to Herndon Trail
This 17-mile connection is the last link to connect the Raccoon River Trail to Whiterock Conservancy, a 5,500-acre outdoor recreation area! The Raccoon River trail is part of the Central Iowa Trail System, a 700 mile network of continuous trail in and around Des Moines that includes the High Trestle Trail.
Admiral Trail
This 4-mile trail will give you another way to enjoy the Wabash Trace. The go-getter people of Farragut (pop. 485) are working hard to connect trail users with their community, and the Admiral Inn Café is eager to host events for trail enthusiasts. (Southwest Iowa in Fremont and Page counties.)
