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Posted on May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM by Erica Place

It was an early morning trip to Kossuth County for INHF president Joe McGovern, a drive he’d made many times...

Posted on March 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM by Greta Solbrig

Having grown up in a family with an appreciation for nature and outdoor activities, Cathy Irvine has spent her life...

Posted on September 1, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Heather Jobst

Rich and Sue Smith purchased the first 54 acres of their 104-acre Ida County property in 1992. They contemplated building...

Posted on January 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Mack Swenson

Erica Place/INHF Tens of thousands of years ago, winds lifted grains of silt and sand from the Missouri River valley...

Posted on December 22, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Mack Swenson

What do you see when you look out over a landscape? Structural features like rivers and hills, or perhaps you...

Posted on September 1, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Emily Martin

Photo by Mike Fetterer “We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it...

Posted on December 1, 2021 at 10:00 AM by Katy Heggen

A short drive from Ames, Mike and Linda Meetz's reconstructed and remnant prairie and wetlands are a sight to behold....

Posted on January 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM by Heather Jobst

Ray and Patti Hamilton love discovering mother nature’s gems, spending hours identifying remnant prairies, wetlands, savannas and cold air slopes...

Posted on December 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Katy Heggen

Five miles west of Bellevue lies Ed Weimerskirk’s farm, 484 acres of woodland, pasture and working land. Winding through it...

Posted on December 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Samantha Jones

Just across the street from Stone State Park in Plymouth County lies 59 acres of grassland, oak savanna and remnant...
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