As part of the Blank Park Zoo’s new conservation program, Plant.Grow.Fly, participants will learn how to provide habitats for pollinators and how they impact the environment and food sources. To … Continue reading Let’s Take a Close Look at Pollinators
Governor Branstad is holding meetings this week - and Citizens for a Healthy Iowa invite YOU to take a message to the Governor ... that YOU support funding the Natural … Continue reading Governor Branstad’s Water Quality Tour
August 4, 2016 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), 420 Watson Powell Jr Way #200, Des Moines, IA 50309 For more information visit, https://dmampo.org
Join Iowa Prairie Network for their Annual Membership Meeting hosted by Region 2 on Saturday, August 6 at the Floyd County Conservation Fossil and Prairie Park Preserve near Rockford! The event is free … Continue reading IPN Annual Meeting and Prairie Event
Sponsored by the Iowa Environmental Council, the Prairie Lakes Conference is a vibrant example of the connectivity where prairie and lakes meet. That is why conservation professionals from throughout the region … Continue reading Prairie Lakes Conference
WaterlooTransportation Policy Board and Technical Committee Meeting August 11, 2016 10 a.m. INRCOG Board Room, 229 East Park Ave Waterloo, IA For more information visit, http://www.inrcog.org/august.htm
Farmers, business owners, and homeowners interested in going solar will hear answers to common questions and see solar technology in action at this Solar Energy Fair/Mini conference. The event is … Continue reading Fairfield Solar Fair
Practical Farmers of Iowa will host "Enhancing Pollinator Habitat" at the Bremer County Extension Building in Tripoli with hosts Rob and Tammy Faux and Steve Schmidt. The workshop is for farmers and … Continue reading Enhancing Pollinator Habitat
Clarke University presents Fred Kirschenmann, a longtime national and international leader in sustainable agriculture, farmer, and author of Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays from a Farmer Philosopher (2010), for a … Continue reading Food for a Changing Planet
See a small acreage-sized prairie restoration project up close. Residential landscaping with native plants will be one area that is discussed. Bob and Heidi are enthusiastic, engaging, and quite knowledgeable. There … Continue reading Myer’s Prairie Tour