Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Protect the land you love.

INHF has permanently protected more than 1,000 Iowa places — all in partnership with landowners!

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Getting Started

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has helped Iowa landowners find the best option for protecting their land for nearly four decades. As a nationally accredited land trust, we're happy to help you get started. This website and INHF staff are here to help you discover:

  • Ways to permanently protect Iowa land
  • Tax benefits associated with land protection
  • Tips and resources that can make your decision process easier
Know your options

Discover the land protection options available to Iowa landowners

Making financial sense

Make the most of your conservation decisions

We're Here to Help

INHF has helped hundreds of landowners find the right route for their land

Landowner Options Book

Receive your free copy of the Iowa Landowner Options booklet

About Us

Protecting and restoring Iowa’s land, water and wildlife.

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) is a statewide 501 (c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization that works with private landowners and public agencies to protect and restore Iowa’s land, water and wildlife. Since our founding in 1979, our supporters and staff have protected more than 200,000 acres of Iowa’s natural resources.

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Landowner Stories

For Nature's Sake

It was an early morning trip to Kossuth County for INHF president Joe McGovern, a drive he’d made many times during his tenure at the organization. He wa...

Iowa's past holds lessons'

Having grown up in a family with an appreciation for nature and outdoor activities, Cathy Irvine has spent her life connected to the land. She took extra steps...

For the Greater Good

Rich and Sue Smith purchased the first 54 acres of their 104-acre Ida County property in 1992. They contemplated building their home on its rolling topography a...

Heritage in the Hills

Erica Place/INHF Tens of thousands of years ago, winds lifted grains of silt and sand from the Missouri River valley and deposited them on the river’s ea...

Looking Back, Looking Forward

What do you see when you look out over a landscape? Structural features like rivers and hills, or perhaps you notice the wildlife and plants that call it home?...

Under Wild Skies

Photo by Mike Fetterer “We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it–for a l...
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