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Conservation easement monitoring log: Hunt Farm Prairie

Posted on July 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM by Jessica Riebkes Clough

Blue flag iris bloom at Hunt Farm Prairie

Take a peek inside the journal notes from a conservation easement monitoring visit at Hunt Farm Prairie.

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Tagged As: Conservation easement

Meadow-morphasis

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

butterfly

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

Tagged As: Conservation easement, Conservation protection, Madison county, Preservation, Restoration, Sedge meadow

Looking out for Okoboji

Posted on January 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Katy Heggen

Green Pastures

Standing on the shore of West Lake Okoboji looking out over the water, you can still imagine it: the lake...

Tagged As: Conservation easement, Iowa great lakes, Iowa landowner options, Land donation, Landowner stories, Okoboji

Keep it Wild

Posted on December 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM by Anita O'Gara

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Brothers Mike and Dan DeCook. Photo by Erin Van Waus From their ridge pasture, three generations of the DeCook family...

Tagged As: Conservation easement, INHF, Iowa landowner options, Landowner stories

A New Resource for Landowners

Posted on November 16, 2017 at 10:00 AM by Joe Jayjack

Iowa Landowner Options Book Cover

Determining the future of your land can be overwhelming. After all, there’s a lot to think about, and many landowners...

Tagged As: Conservation, Conservation easement, INHF, Iowa land options, Iowa landowner options, Land donation, REAP, Reserved life estate, Resource enhancement and protection

A Place for Nature

Posted on August 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM by Leo Schlunz

Leo Schlunz with INHF land stewardship interns INHF's land stewardship interns spend a day on Leo's (in white shirt) property...

Tagged As: Conservation easement, INHF, Land, Landowner stories, Preservation, Reserved life estate, Restoration

Anna's Place

Posted on September 12, 2016 at 10:00 AM by Lori Southard Howe

David Marlow

David Marlow climbs the hillside trails, framed all around with oak, hickory, maple, ironwood and walnut trees, with the ease...

Tagged As: Conservation easement, INHF, ISU, Landowner stories, Nature, Restoration

Permanently Protecting a Loess Hills Treasure

Posted on September 12, 2016 at 9:00 AM by Joe Jayjack

Wanamaker

John Wanamaker may not know precisely how many babies he delivered in his career as a doctor, but he can...

Tagged As: Bluebirds, Conservation easement, Fremont county, Iowa DNR, Landowner stories, Loess hills, Nature, Preservation

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