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Interns Find Northern Prairie Skinks
Photo by Kayla Vance A few weeks ago, the statewide land stewardship interns were working on INHF’s Kothenbeutel Prairie, a remnant prairie in Franklin County. During the two days they were working on...
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Timber Rattlesnake
On June 10-11, 2013, INHF staff and the bluffland and statewide land stewardship intern crews worked on an INHF conservation easement in northeast Iowa. While working, they came across a few slithery...
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G.R.A.S.S. Event Success
Before INHF statewide land stewardship interns worked in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy interns and Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff last month on an INHF project in Monona County....
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Day in the life of INHF land stewardship interns
INHF land stewardship intern pauses to look downhill at the fire the interns fueled with brush removed from a hillside. Last week three INHF office interns met up with our statewide land stewardship...
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Office Interns Go Rogue
Two weeks ago, the trails, design and communications intern met up with the land stewardship interns in Iowa County. An evening of camping at Lake Iowa Park and a day filled with documenting the land...
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Iowa Prairie Conference
Members of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation land stewardship staff and statewide and blufflands land stewardship interns attended the fourteenth Iowa Prairie Conference in mid-July. This year, the...
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Periodical Cicadas
INHF President Joe McGovern with Alex and Henry, 2014 land stewardship interns, at Snyder Heritage Farm. Henry is holding one of the 17-year cicadas as Joe explains their life cycle. This summer marks...
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Wordless Wednesday – The Smooth Green Snake
Our Land Stewardship Interns discovered a smooth green snake at Indiangrass Hills last week. This nonvenomous snake is distinctive from other species due to its vibrant green color. They are found in...
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Iowa’s Loess Hills: Faunal Crossroads at the Edge of the Great Plains
On July 23, the 2014 statewide and bluffland land stewardship interns had the opportunity to participate in a program given by Dr. Bill Clark, professor emeritus at Iowa State University, near Turin in...
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Monarch butterflies migrate through Iowa
*Video by Courtney Turnis, 2007 INHF Land Stewardship Intern. This September, watch for Monarch butterflies as they migrate through Iowa. They can be spotted by their bright orange wings with black...
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Coming up Buckmaster
This view comes from the overlook at Capoli on the Buckmaster property. Our land stewardship interns worked at the Buckmaster property in Allamakee County last week. They removed brush on a hillside...
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(More of) What We Do: Land Stewardship Interns
Earlier this summer we showcased some of the great work done by our amazing group of land stewardship interns. In late July the interns spent three days at Heritage Valley, located in northeast Iowa,...
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What We Do: Oak Savanna Restoration
INHF staff member Tylar Samuels spent a few days last week restoring oak savanna in Marion County. A few previous land stewardship interns and their classmates from Central College even came to help...
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Love the outdoors and making a difference where you live? Spend your summer helping to restore Iowa’s natural beauty while learning about ecology, land management, and wildlife! INHF is looking for a...
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Land Stewardship Interns Find Turkey Nest
Turkey nest with eggs. The 2013 statewide land stewardship intern crew began their first full day on Monday, helping to restore Iowa’s beautiful natural areas. (Learn more about the land stewardship...
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Let It Be
Jeweled Shooting Start found by INHF land stewardship intern Devon Hovey “Yesterday, Devon Hovey (an INHF Blufflands intern) made an exciting discovery at Heritage Valley. On the north side of a rock...
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Making an Impact
On May 22, 2013, the INHF statewide land stewardship interns and staff worked on an INHF project site, the Gardner Property, in Boone County.The property was donated in 2010 in memory of Anna Gardner...
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Interns Find Northern Prairie Skinks
Photo by Kayla Vance A few weeks ago, the statewide land stewardship interns were working on INHF’s Kothenbeutel Prairie, a remnant prairie in Franklin County. During the two days they were working on...
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