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Annual Report | Spring 2016

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Joe McGovern President Jodi Baker Finance Director Ross Baxter Land Projects Director Andrea Boulton Trails Coordinator Jered Bourquin Blufflands Assistant Brian Fankhauser Blufflands Director Cheri Grauer Donor Relations Director Diane Graves Administrative Assistant and Receptionist

,YPU .YPMĂ„U Development and Events Specialist Lisa Hein Senior Director for Conservation Programs

Joe Jayjack Communications Director Heather Jobst Senior Land Conservation Director Melanie Louis Land Stewardship Associate Stacy Nelson Donors Services Manager Anita O’Gara Vice President Andrea Piekarczyk Grants Coordinator Marian E. Riggs Public Policy Director Mary Runkel Volunteer Coordinator Tylar Samuels Conservation Easement Specialist Ryan Schmidt Land Stewardship Director Kerri Sorrell Communications Specialist Tim Sproul Loess Hills Land Conservation Consultant

Abby Hade Terpstra Development Specialist Erin Van Waus Conservation Easement Director Kari Walker Administration Director

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Circulation: 10,000 Articles appearing in Iowa Natural Heritage may be reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Publisher: Joe Jayjack Editor: Lori Howe, Share Marketing Designer: Brian Shearer, Plum Communications

Our Mission

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation protects and restores Iowa’s land, water and wildlife.

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Walking through the woods never fails to wake up every sense and calm your soul. You are at once more alive and at peace.

How is that possible? Maybe it’s the diversity and balance a woodland represents. The richness of the forest layers. The intricate dance of pushing to survive without overtaking and disrupting nature’s tipping point.

The vastness of the forest soothes.

A forest mini scene directs focus on a single act in nature’s play — a cardinal’s song … morels in a new secret spot … an oak sapling competing for sunlight.

What nature lovers know is this: the complexity of nature connects us to a part of ourselves nothing else can.

By Lori Southard Howe, Contributing Writer

Dolliver Memorial State Park in Webster County. Photo: Bruce Morrison

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Bu Burke Burk Conservation Co ti Easement Linn County Land: Two conservation

easements totaling 157 acres, part of which is in the 123acre Grant Woods Rural Historic Landscape District

Above: The rolling hills of Cindy and Kevin Burkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linn County landscape.

Inset: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall Plowing,â&#x20AC;? a 1931 painting

by Grant Wood, is part of Deere & Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent corporate art collection. Considered one of Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous works, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall Plowingâ&#x20AC;? is on display through June 2016 at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.

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Regionalist artist Grant Wood was a frequent visitor to Linn Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hills. Cindy heard a lot of local lore from neighbors when she was a girl, including how the famous Depressionera artist had painted on land her parents came to own and stayed in the house at the end of their road.

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Landscapes Matter

aspects of their land, involved the condemnation of two neighboring family farms and possibly impacted hundreds of acres of publically owned conservation ODQGV &LQG\ DQG .HYLQ FRXQWHUHG TXLFNO\ DQG established the Matsell Area Preservation and 3URWHFWLRQ JURXS DQG WRRN VWHSV WR KDYH WKHLU ODQG registered as a National Historic Landscape. The Grant Woods Fall Plowing Rural Historic Landscape 'LVWULFW ZDV OLVWHG RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ RQ WKH 1DWLRQDO 5HJLVWHU RI Historic Places in 2003. Cindy recalled how â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those two endeavors crystallized our passion for conserving what LV RIWHQ RYHUORRNHG WDNHQ IRU JUDQWHG RU IRUJRWWHQ Âľ )RU &LQG\ WKDW SDVVLRQ ZDV NLQGOHG LQ KHU FKLOGKRRG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our family mushroom hunted all over eastern and southern Iowa. I came to love the timbered hillsides and the rivers. I was fascinated by old farmsteads we stumbled onto that had gone to ruin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that time had forgotten. I saw so many of these old places demolished DQG WKRXJKW RI DOO WKH ZRUN RI ZRPHQ WKDW ZDV ultimately covered over. I wanted to continue the legacy RI WKHLU ZRUN WKDW VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;HG WKH SODFH WKH\ FDOOHG KRPH Âľ

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The assurance that the everyday elements of their hill IDUP ZLOO IRUHYHU WKULYH VWHPV IURP WKH %XUNHV RSWLQJ to permanently protect their land by will bequest and through conservation easements with Iowa Natural

Heritage Foundation and the Linn County Conservation Board. The will bequest and easements serve to preserve the biodiversity and wildlife habitat of the land as well as the aesthetic, environmental and other non-economic values for posterity. ,W FLUFOHV EDFN WR WKLV IRU &LQG\ DQG .HYLQ Âł WKH everyday elements of landscapes matter.

The setting for Grant Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall Plowingâ&#x20AC;?; the love ZRPHQ KHOG IRU WKHLU Ă RZHU JDUGHQV WKH GLOLJHQFH WKDW Cindyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents expressed as they assembled parcel by parcel the property that is now in her and Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care; the habitat this now-protected property provides for all manner of wildlife including predatory animals; the way WKHLU ODQG Ă&#x20AC;WV LQWR DQG FRPSOHPHQWV WKH DGMDFHQW SXEOLF Matsell Bridge Natural Area and the even more extensive :DSVLSLQLFRQ 5LYHU FRUULGRU (YHU\ HOHPHQW PDWWHUV They matter because they are integral parts of a whole. And Cindy and Kevin are committed to not only continuing but expanding their contributions to maintaining the whole â&#x20AC;&#x201D; conserving what is often RYHUORRNHG WDNHQ IRU JUDQWHG IRUJRWWHQ Âł RQ ODQG WKH\ own, as well as by encouraging more land protection in their neighborhood and in the farther reaches of the Wapsipinicon River.

As Cindy sees it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We may not be able to do much about the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;state of the world.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; There is much, however, we can do here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at home. â&#x20AC;?

By Cheri Grauer, Donor Relations Director

Left to Right: Al Gates (Cindyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother), Cindy Burke and Kevin Burke display their bountiful morel harvest from the Burkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land.

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More than 3,000 acres of wild lands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; centered on the Iowa Department of Natural Resourcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 680-acre Iverson Bottoms Wildlife Area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sprawl across the meandering Upper Iowa River Valley in Allamakee and Winneshiek counties. The complex represents a decades-long effort by Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, the Iowa DNR and conservationminded landowners.

Goat prairies, limestone ridges, mature woodlands and river bottoms contain diverse wildlife and plant communities. Indian mounds denote earlier peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; connections to the UHJLRQ &DQRHLVWV KXQWHUV ELUG ZDWFKHUV DQG ERWDQLVWV Ă&#x20AC;QG DUHDV DV ZLOGHUQHVV OLNH DV anything in Iowa. ,RZD '15 ZLOGOLIH ELRORJLVW 7HUU\ +DLQGĂ&#x20AC;HOG FDOOV LW ´WKH EHVW FRXQWU\ LQ WKH ZKROH wide world.â&#x20AC;? ´7KH FRUH LV VRPHWKLQJ VSHFLDO IRU ZLOGOLIH Âľ KH VDLG ([SDQVHV RI IRUHVW ZLWK IDUP Ă&#x20AC;HOGV KLOO prairies and the Upper Iowa River corridor shelter deer, turkeys, ruffed grouse and songbirds. :LQWHULQJ GHHU DQG JROGHQ HDJOHV VHHN WKH VHFOXGHG EOXIĂ DQGV 5HFOXVLYH EDOG HDJOHV WLPEHU UDWWOHVQDNHV ULYHU RWWHUV DQG EREFDWV Ă&#x20AC;QG UHIXJH LQ WKH UXJJHG 8SSHU ,RZD 5LYHU 9DOOH\

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beautiful land protected by

cuts to create habitat for grouse and songbirds that need more brush.

Timely harvest of mature oak stands, before maple and basswood take hold, will ensure future mast-rich oak-hickory forests for squirrels, deer and turkeys.

3UHVFULEHG Ă&#x20AC;UH RQ SUDLULH UHPQDQWV VWLPXODWH JUDVVHV and forbs that have been suppressed by encroaching FHGDU WUHHV +DLQGĂ&#x20AC;HOG VDLG /DQG PDQDJHUV DOVR PXVW maintain pleasing viewsheds, avoid damage to steep slopes and protect Native American mounds and other archaeological resources.

Four additions double the protection The Iverson Bottoms project required many partners.

7KH VWDWH DFTXLUHG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW DFUHV LQ XVLQJ IXQGV IURP IHGHUDO H[FLVH WD[HV RQ KXQWLQJ DQG Ă&#x20AC;VKLQJ JHDU DORQJ ZLWK ,RZD ´2SHQ 6SDFHVÂľ IXQGV More recently, INHF and Iowa DNR cooperated on four additions that doubled the size of the original Iverson Bottoms area. Using donations from supporters, INHF negotiated land deals that might KDYH EHHQ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IRU D VWDWH DJHQF\ FRQVWUDLQHG E\ timetables and funding streams.

In 2005, INHF acquired 22 acres at Iverson Bottoms E\ WUDGLQJ WKH RZQHU DQ DFUH WUDFW LQ DQRWKHU part of the Allamakee County. The trading partner GRQDWHG FRQVHUYDWLRQ HDVHPHQWV RQ WKDW DFUHV DQG another 58 acres. ,RZD¡V 5HVRXUFHV (QKDQFHPHQW DQG 3URWHFWLRQ 5($3 IXQGV FRVW VKDUHG WZR RWKHU SDUFHOV WKDW ,1+) SXUFKDVHG LQ DQG Iowa DNR also used money from the Protected Water $UHD 3:$ DOORFDWLRQ RI 5($3 VDLG 7RGG %LVKRS special projects coordinator for the Iowa DNRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wildlife bureau. He and Nate Hoogeveen, director of river programs for the Iowa DNR, put that money toward EX\LQJ WKH DFUH WUDFW WKDW ,1+) SXUFKDVHG LQ

*\S[\YHSS` ZPNUPĂ&#x201E;JHU[ SHUKZ Pat Ryan, son of the late Forrest Ryan, worked with ,1+) WR SURWHFW WKH VLWH ZKLFK LQFOXGHV PLOHV RI Upper Iowa riverfront and half a mile of Pine Creek.

His father was passionate about preserving the area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially the Indian mounds on a bench above the Ă RRGSODLQ 5\DQ VDLG That mound group may be the most prominent Native American site in the region â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but certainly not the only one, said Colin Betts, professor of anthropology at /XWKHU &ROOHJH LQ 'HFRUDK 7KH 8SSHU ,RZD 9DOOH\ KDV ´D UHDOO\ ULFK DUFKDHRORJLFDO OHJDF\ Âľ %HWWV VDLG ´7KHUH LV QR GRXEW that it represented an important location for people going back thousands of years.â&#x20AC;?

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Although not contiguous to Iverson Bottoms, Heritage Valley is just upstream along the Upper Iowa River. The ,RZD '15¡V DFUH 3LQH &UHHN :LOGOLIH $UHD FRQQHFWV ZLWK +HULWDJH 9DOOH\ DQG WKH DFUH &DQRH &UHHN Wildlife Area is only a mile or two farther upstream.

With unusual wildlife and plant communities, scenic vistas, high-quality streams, archeological treasures and corridors connecting public and private conservation areas, the Iverson Bottoms area â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the surrounding 8SSHU ,RZD EOXIĂ DQGV Âł VKRZFDVH ,RZD¡V QDWXUDO DQG cultural heritage at its best.

By Larry Stone, Contributing Writer Left: Typical to northeast Iowa woodlands and goat prairies, pasque flowers are some of the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring.

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early 40 years ago the Central Iowa trail network got its start with the establishment of the Bill Riley Trail. This short trail links Waterworks Park with Greenwood Park and the neighborhoods near the Des Moines Art Center and the former Science Center of Iowa location. It was a modest beginning named after the famous Iowa State Fair talent scout and television personality who loved trails.

Today the network of trails in central Iowa has grown to include local neighborhood trails as well as long distance regional trails stretching in all directions. The current plan envisions the regional spine extending 70 miles west to Whiterock Conservancy, 45 miles southeast to Lake Red Rock, 80 miles northeast to Pine Lake State Park, 25 miles south to Lake Ahquabi, as well as existing connections to Jefferson, Martensdale and Ames.

The exciting part of this work is the amazing trail loops that have evolved. An eastern metro loop plan was begun in 1995 linking Chichaqua Valley Trail with the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail and the Neal Smith Trail. Large sections of this eastern loop are completed, but in the meantime, a western loop that will connect Neal Smith Trail with the High Trestle Trail and Raccoon River Valley Trail is underway. Finally, Central Iowa trail network is currently pursuing a third major loop linking the Great Western Trail to the Summerset Trail and back into downtown Des Moines.

This interconnected system central Iowans enjoy didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen by accident. It has taken sincere dedication, planning and tenacity from volunteers, public agency staff, HQJLQHHUV GHVLJQHUV UDLOURDG FRPSDQLHV ODQGRZQHUV SURMHFW GRQRUV DQG HOHFWHG RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV Perhaps the most important advocates are trail users, who passionately shout the

Above:The world famous High Trestle Trail provides bikers and hikers breathtaking views of the Des Moines River Valley.

Opposite: Cyclists ride the Raccoon River Valley Trail near Redfield. The RRVT is 89 total miles with a 72-mile interior loop.

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Central Iowa Trails

The Central Iowa Trail Network is an extensive system of existing and planned trails.

It does and will link multiple communities and counties throughout the Des Moines metro area and beyond. The system will eventually have large loops, plus many crosslinks, short-cuts and other connections.

What you can do to help: To

learn about emerging trails you can support, call Lisa Hein at 515-288-1846 or visit inhf.org/ trail-gifts.cfm. Also, get outside and enjoy the trails!

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praises for trails.

Trails are some of INHF’s most complicated and challenging — yet most rewarding — projects because they touch so many lives and communities. A single trail can take years to complete, not for a lack of enthusiasm, but mostly because funding is so tight and, frankly, establishing a 10-foot wide trail in the most physically altered state in the nation can be daunting. Nearly every inch of Iowa is consumed by some form of development (residential, commercial or agricultural), and very few places are reserved exclusively for outdoor recreation or nature. This is one reason that setting aside railroad corridors for trails is a sensible concept. The railroads existed before most of the agricultural and commercial development, and the railbeds have a solid infrastructure on which to build trails.

Photos: INHF Staff

Trails: More than 700 miles of trails, including: Raccoon River Valley Trail, Heart of Iowa Nature Trail, Bill Riley Trail, Neal Smith Trail, Somerset Trail, Chichaqua Valley Trail, High Trestle Trail, Great Western Trail, Iowa River Trail

Most recent trail additions The latest additions to the central Iowa trail system have been along such railroad corridors. At the east end of the regional trails network, an 11-mile corridor between Prairie City and Mitchellville was acquired by Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation recently. This corridor will eventually transfer to Jasper County and Prairie &LW\ 7KH SURMHFW H[SDQGV DQG GLYHUVLĂ&#x20AC;HV WKH UHFUHDWLRQ opportunities found nearby at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, which provides extensive wildlife habitat and educational programming.

At the western end of the central Iowa trail system, INHF secured 6 miles of the former rail corridor between Herndon and Bayard. This corridor was preserved by the previous owners so it would be available as a future trail. ,W LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VWHS WRZDUG OLQNLQJ WKH 5DFFRRQ 5LYHU Valley Trail west to Whiterock Conservancy and Coon Rapids.

While the completion of these current projects is likely years away, securing the corridors is key to the projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; success.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also sad to think of the corridors lost over the years.

For example, INHF was outbid on the effort to acquire an abandoned railroad connection between Marshalltown and Cedar Falls. And another corridor lost would have extended the Great Western Trail all the way to the Missouri border! Yet, while we missed out at an even

greater network, Iowa trails have received international recognition and become a destination for cyclists.

State funding for public acquisition of rail corridors has been possible from state gambling monies that support REAP and the State Recreational Trails fund. Local match funds are provided through private contributions and public agencies.

To complete trails on the corridors recently purchased, it will take diligent work and cooperation.

9ROXQWHHUV DJHQF\ VWDII HQJLQHHUV DQG HOHFWHG RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV will pursue grant funding, begin section-by-section construction, hold fundraising events, attend numerous meetings, cut ribbons and watch their children grow as the trails become reality. It is a classic story of trailEXLOGLQJ LQ ,RZD WKDW ZLOO WDNH \HDUV WR Ă&#x20AC;QLVK 7KH UHVXOW will be an important link in the regional vision to create an interconnected statewide trail system that supports quiet places for people to visit small towns and reconnect with nature.

By Lisa Hein, Senior Director for Conservation Programs

The 25-mile Neal Smith Trail takes Central Iowa residents from downtown Des Moines to Big Creek State Park in Polk City. Often dominated by views of Saylorville Lake, the trail traverses a range of landscapes, including bottomland, shaded forest, oak uplands and prairie.

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Celebrate the Land: 467 acres added to

the Turin Preserve Wildlife Management Area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; creating a 1,200-acre block of protected wildlife habitat Special features: Loess Hills ridges with over 200 acres of high quality native prairies, plus valleys of mixed bur oak woodlands and oak savanna Partners: INHF, Iowa DNR, and 937 donors, with special thanks to Loess Hills Alliance and Helen A. Ringgenberg www.inhf.org/spring-2016magazine.cfm

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Left Bottom: A young prairie enthusiast looks over the Loess Hills landscape at a recent Loess Hills Prairie Seminar.

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Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re invited: A Celebration of Turin Prairie Saturday, September 24: A Celebration of Turin Prairie will welcome everyone to experience parts of this vast place. Enjoy guided hikes and opportunities for varied interests and abilities, plus a dedication ceremony.

INHF staff and board look forward to celebrating with our members. Please come! Watch for more information this summer.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so special about Turin Prairie?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast. Photos simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capture it. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way more protected land than you can see from any spot and more than you can explore in a day. By adding 467 acres to the already expansive Turin Preserve and Wildlife Management Area, there are now more than 1,200 rolling acres of protected prairie, woods and hills. This creates only the fourth public site in Iowa where you can visit an expanse of Loess Hills of this scale.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare. Prairie once covered most of Iowa. Today, most remaining native prairies are quite small. In the Loess Hills, many prairies are narrow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; following the knife-edge tops of ridges. But at the Turin Prairie addition, more than 200 acres of native prairie spread across the hills and valleys PU L]LY` KPYLJ[PVU 0[»Z H NYLLU L_WHUZL HISHaL ^P[O ^PSKÃ&#x2026;V^LYZ [OH[ PU[LYTPUNSL ^P[O I\Y VHRZ · HZ NVVK HZ `V\ ^PSS Ã&#x201E;UK PU [OPZ YLNPVU *YVW Ã&#x201E;LSKZ HYL ILPUN YL[\YULK [V WYHPYPL V]LY [PTL YL \UP[PUN [OL ^OVSLULZZ VM this place.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silent. Just minutes off Interstate 29, a short hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive from Sioux City or Council Bluffs, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an amazingly quiet place; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear no mechanical noise. The silence becomes a companion. It draws you. Iowans can experience this particular quality of silence only on a large expanse of natural land.

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nder the blue bowl of an early October sky, volunteers of all ages met to harvest prairie seed at Marietta Sand Prairie Preserve in Marshall County. Between sipping apple cider and enjoying the cool, clear day, they collected more than 5 pounds of native prairie seed. It was a day more than 10 years in the making: this was the last of the seed needed to restore the row crop land adjacent to the state preserve.

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Remnants of native sand prairie are even rarer than tallgrass prairie remnants.

Amidst Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lush tallgrass prairies, there are a few dry sand prairies that support a rich mix of plant, animal, bird and insect life distinctly their own. Remnants of native sand prairie are even rarer than tallgrass prairie remnants. Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve, a designated wildlife management area, is known as RQH RI ,RZD¡V Ă&#x20AC;QHVW UHPDLQLQJ H[DPSOHV RI UHPQDQW sand prairie. But at just 17 acres, it faced constant pressure from invasive weeds and pesticide drift from surrounding land. Moreover, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t large enough to support the most sensitive, threatened species â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like grassland birds needing large tracts of prairie grasses to successfully reproduce and thrive.

So, in 2005 when the opportunity arose to purchase the 211 acres next to the state preserve â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an area including remnant sand prairie, a fen wetland and VDQG\ DQG ORZODQG FURS Ă&#x20AC;HOGV Âł ,RZD 1DWXUDO +HULWDJH Foundation immediately seized the chance. INHF president Joe McGovern, who was land stewardship GLUHFWRU ZKHQ WKH SURMHFW EHJDQ UHĂ HFWHG WKDW ,1+) could have simply bought the remnant prairie areas of the adjoining land. Instead, INHF decided to protect the HQWLUH DUHD FURS Ă&#x20AC;HOGV DQG DOO EULQJLQJ WRJHWKHU D JURXS of strong and passionate partners to restore this land around the state preserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will take years to establish the prairie and some care and attention long-term to keep it whole and healthy,â&#x20AC;? McGovern said at the time of the purchase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth a little time and cost to do it right.â&#x20AC;? So even after the land protection was complete, INHF stayed involved in the restoration of the prairie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dedicating hundreds of staff and volunteer hours to picking and planting.

Reestablishing prairie on the crop ground was a deliberate process. INHF and Marshall County Conservation Board (CCB) knew that the time and attention was key to establishing the high quality planting the area deserved. As Marshall CCB director Mike Stegmann observed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;in any natural area, it is critically important to provide as much diversity as possible to support insect, bird and animal life.â&#x20AC;? Though

efforts at managing the area will continue through mowing and prescribed burns by Marshall CCB, the results so far, Stegmann says, have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;exquisite.â&#x20AC;?

A satisfying day On the last Friday in January 2016, a small group of INHF staff members and interns braved the cold to spread the last handfuls of prairie seed at Marietta Sand Prairie Preserve. Despite the rawness of the day, the sun was EULJKW DQG WKH ZLQG RQO\ KHOSHG LQ VFDWWHULQJ WKH Ă XIIV of seed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gathered by those fall volunteers only a few PRQWKV EHIRUH Âł DFURVV WKH ZLGH ZKLWH Ă&#x20AC;HOGV $OO RI WKH SUDLULH VHHG XVHG WR UHVWRUH WKH FURS Ă&#x20AC;HOGV adjacent to the state preserve came from other prairie remnants. The prairie seed used to restore the sandy FURS Ă&#x20AC;HOGV ZDV JDWKHUHG IURP WKH VWDWH SUHVHUYH LWVHOI Âł largely by volunteers, whose dedication and hard work bring continual energy and excitement to the project.

Indeed, Marietta Sand Prairie is the type of project that draws support from all corners, bringing together an incredible diversity of groups. Multiple chapters of Pheasants Forever contributed their support, and the Iowa Prairie Network donated the proceeds of their annual auction. A $50,000 challenge grant from the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation in Marshalltown inspired individual donations from across the state. This outpouring of support helped Marshall CCB secure a $200,000 county Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) grant for the project.

And, for the majority of contributors, their involvement with Marietta Sand Prairie did not end with the purchase of the addition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots of donors have come out and helped us gather seed, and they have visited throughout the restoration process,â&#x20AC;? Mike Stegmann said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something about Marietta touches people in an unexpected way. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beauty and peacefulness of the place. In Iowa, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an ocean or beachfront where you can let your mind wander. We have the prairie.â&#x20AC;?

Above: In January, INHF staffers spread prairie seed, including this common milkweed, on the last section of Marietta Sand Prairie Preserve to be restored.

Opposite: The Marietta Sand Prairie has blossomed into a diverse mix of grasses and forbs after years of restoration work.

By Andrea Piekarczyk, Grants Coordinator

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woodland Recreational opportunities:

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By Katie Bandurski, Communications Intern

Photos: Kip Ladage

Sharp-lobed hepatica blooms in early spring.

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Keep exploring online at

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Take action IRU nature Volunteer: Clean up the river ,W¡V WLPH WR JHW \RXU KDQGV GLUW\ -RLQ WKH ,RZD 'HSDUWPHQW RI 1DWXUDO 5HVRXUFHV IRU 3URMHFW $:$5( D Ă&#x20AC;YH GD\ FOHDQXS RI WKH /RZHU 'HV 0RLQHV 5LYHU 9ROXQWHHUV RI DOO DJHV ZLOO SDGGOH GRZQ WKH ULYHU ORDGLQJ WUDVK LQ WKHLU FDQRHV DV WKH\ JR $IWHU D GD\ RQ WKH ZDWHU SDUWLFLSDQWV UHWXUQ WR GHVLJQDWHG FDPSVLWHV IRU HGXFDWLRQDO SURJUDPPLQJ 7KLV FRPPXQLW\ HYHQW XQLWHV QDWXUH ORYHUV DQG FUHDWHV DZDUHQHVV IRU ZDWHUVKHG SURWHFWLRQ 3URMHFW $:$5( ZLOO WDNH SODFH -XO\ Visit www.iowadnr.gov/aware for more information.

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Learn: Discover conservation in your watershed

Photo Bottom: Practical Farmers of Iowa Photo Top: Iowa DNR

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T R I B U T E IN HONOR OF Pam Abarr Bruce Ecker Lew Throssel Wendy Tripp IN MEMORY OF Erkle Anderson Jeanne Kay Anderson Gary Barr Alberta Brosnahan Dale Birkenholz

G I F T S James Bodensteiner Ted Boyle Carlin Burmeister Marvin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butchâ&#x20AC;? Bushore Julianne Carlson George Cenovich Thomas E. Clay Jean Ellen Cording Charlie Cutler Ruth E. Fardal Wilbert Frahm David R. Gates

Erwin Gillette Wiliam Lynn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;?

Harris Dr. Charles A Johnson Mylan Johnson Gwen Kennedy Raymond Kruse Glenn Leggett Cora LeMaster Roy Lilledahl Doris Loehr Bunda Jeffrey Logan

Mark Lyons Darlene Madson Don Mathews Ronald D. McGrew Brian McKeon Earl & Gretchen McQuown Donald L. Meier Don Moye Roland & Virgnia Nelson 200+ year-old tree Juanita Ostwinkle

Larry Pauly Roy Pewitt Marcia Pierson Leona Preister John & Shirley Rendleman Ward Reynoldson Donald Rowen Pauline Schatzle Warren and Dorothy Schlicht Bob â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schmittyâ&#x20AC;? Schmidt

Roger Schultz Ronald Sime Cory Smith Bart Steele Lorraine S. Strack Mary Terpstra Dolores Throssel Kay Wall Howard Walsh Dale Webster

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Leave a legacy of clean water, healthy soil and beautiful outdoor places for those who follow.

To see how estate giving through INHF can help make your vision for Iowa a reality, contact Cheri Grauer at cgrauer@inhf.org or 800-475-1846.

This trio of striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) kits are cute enough to draw you near. But, you may want to rethink how close you get; kits as young as eight days old are capable of spraying someone they perceive as a threat. Wildlife trivia: the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;mephitisâ&#x20AC;? is derived from the Latin world â&#x20AC;&#x153;mephit,â&#x20AC;? meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad odor.â&#x20AC;?

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