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Iris at Quigley-Slattery Heritage Prairie, Buchanan County

Jessica Rilling

Blog For Tag "land stewardship"

  • Prairie STRIPS are improving wildlife habitat on Lanz Heritage Farm

    MAY. 6, 2019

    The INHF-owned Lanz Heritage Farm has been a testing site for the Iowa State STRIPS program, which is showing that improving soil health and wildlife habitat can be part of a sustainable agriculture operation.

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  • A Summer of Stewardship

    AUG. 31, 2017

    Another summer of hard work, relationship building and personal growth has come and gone for the land stewardship interns. It's a bittersweet goodbye for both the interns and their supervisors after 12 weeks traveling the state to restore Iowa's wild places, but one only needs to look at the land to know that it's been a summer well spent.

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  • Earth, Wind and Fire: INHF's spring burn season

    MAY. 30, 2017

    “This year's spring prescribed fire season — which came to a close this month — proved to be successful on many levels,” said Land Stewardship Director Ryan Schmidt. “INHF was able to partner with several organizations and volunteers to achieve our goals.”

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  • Iowa partnership unveils strategy to conserve the monarch butterfly

    FEB. 27, 2017

    The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, which includes INHF, today released a statewide strategy to support monarch butterfly recovery in Iowa and North America. The strategy — developed by the consortium — guides the implementation and documentation of a voluntary, statewide effort based on the best available science.

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  • Prescribed fire in the winter?

    JAN. 30, 2017

    Winter burns allow conservation groups the opportunity to change or diversify a landscape in the offseason.

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