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Spring Creek at Ft. Defiance State Park, Emmet County

Daniel Ruf

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Turin Prairie, Monona County

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Cedar Valley Nature Trail

Nathan Houck

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  • Glenn Pollock to receive 2024 Hagie Heritage Award

    Glenn Pollock to receive 2024 Hagie Heritage Award

    SEP. 27, 2024

    Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has selected “super volunteer” Glenn Pollock to receive the 2024 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award. Endowed in 1989 by Jan Shindel and Ila Jeanne Logan in honor of their parents, Lawrence and Eula Hagie, the award is given annually to a person who has demonstrated extraordinary personal service and commitment to improving the quality of Iowa's natural environment while encouraging others to do the same.

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  • Nature's Shapeshifters: Bird Murmurations

    Nature's Shapeshifters: Bird Murmurations

    SEP. 24, 2024

    Turn your eyes toward the sky at dusk, and you just might get to see nature's shapeshifters: a flock of murmurating birds. Bird murmuration is a phenomenon that occurs when hundreds of thousands (up to 750,000!) birds fly back and forth in a dense group.

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  • Risk, Reward, Recovery

    Risk, Reward, Recovery

    SEP. 19, 2024

    One of Iowa's tiniest fish holds some of the biggest conservation lessons.

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  • Species spotlight: Praying Mantis

    Species spotlight: Praying Mantis

    SEP. 10, 2024

    Once you've seen a praying mantis, they won't be difficult to identify. Named for their apparent piety — the way they hold their front legs in front of them, as though praying — these slender, unique insects have many fascinating qualities.

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  • $470,000 to go to central Iowa wetlands thanks to Prairie Meadows grant

    $470,000 to go to central Iowa wetlands thanks to Prairie Meadows grant

    AUG. 29, 2024

    Prairie Meadows Casino recently announced that four central Iowa wetlands projects — including Brenton Slough — will get a $470,000 Legacy Grant to support water quality, habitat, and conservation education.

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