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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...

Posted on November 21, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Samantha Jones

When John and Shari Paule purchased 40 acres southwest of Cumming in 2007, it wasn’t much to look at. Littered...

Posted on August 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Katy Heggen

Linn County landowners interested in adding more nature to their land are invited to attend the Linn Landowner Forum &...

Posted on August 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Katy Heggen

Descendants of the Ferguson family are well acquainted with their family trees — all 600 acres of them. Trying to...
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