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If the Bakken pipeline is built it will carry crude oil from fracking operations in the Bakken region. Fracking poses a great threat to our country and is proving to be a dangerous and irresponsible land-use decision. Want to learn more about fracking and how you can take a stand? Our friends at Food and Water Watch are … Continue reading Anti-Fracking Documentary: “Dear President Obama” →

Take this opportunity to learn how to create a welcoming bicycle environment and community from one of the experts in the field. Bill Nesper directs the Bicycle Friendly America℠ program with a particular focus on growing the program as a tool for new communities, businesses and universities. Bill will talk about his programs and how to enhance … Continue reading League of American Bicyclists with Bill Nesper →

Item #25 on the meeting's agenda is a discussion on sidewalks and walkability -- a key part of smart growth.

Get answers from the experts at the Soil Health Partnership Field Day Open House hosted by SHP farmer Mark Mueller at his field demonstration site. Located 3 miles North of Waverly and 1 mile west of Hwy 218 at the Northeast corner of the intersection of County Road C-33 and Butler Ave. Stop by anytime between 8 a.m. … Continue reading Soil Health Partnership Field Day →

Come and see what’s growing at the ANC and take some of it home with you. The Friends of Warren County Conservation annual native plant sale offers native Iowa perennials. You will find a variety of plants, such as purple coneflower, New England aster, rattlesnake master, and foxglove beardtongue. Contact 515-961-6169 for more information.

Take a hike at the Little Sioux Savanna and enjoy one of the newest additions to the conservation board and learn about this unique Iowa landscape. No registration required. For more information about ongoing hikes in Dickinson County, visit http://dickinsoncountyconservationboard.com/calendar/hike-the-wild-2-2016-05-24/  

"Fascinations of the Loess Hills" is the 40th annual Loess Hills Prairie Seminar where families and people of all ages can enjoy sessions about birds, plants, insects, photography, history, soil, ecology, prairie management, writing, Native American heritage, farming, storytelling, and more. Don't miss the campfires both Friday and Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. … Continue reading The 2016 Loess Hills Prairie Seminar →

Think the Bakken Pipeline is a bad deal for Iowa? Join the Broken Heartland rally! We know it is not a “done deal” and will continue our Summer of Resistance against the Bakken Pipeline, Monday, June 6, at 1:30-2:30 pm, at the Granite Map of Iowa on the State Capitol grounds*. Seven Iowans will speak about … Continue reading Broken Heartland Bakken Rally at the Capitol →

Featuring seven unique garden places and spaces, this year’s garden tour is free. There will be free will donation containers at each of the gardens on the tour. Donations will be used to support and develop a butterfly garden at Colby Park .  All of the gardens provide ideas for your own yard and demonstrate … Continue reading Windsor Heights Garden Tour 2016 →

The exhibit was created by a group of six area women landowners this spring. Local landowners Courtney Tournis, Chris Henning, Jan Kaiser, Danielle Wirth, Patti Edwardson, and Colleen Radebaugh took part in a participatory project documenting their experiences in the watershed through photographs and short narratives, or “photostories.” They will share these photostories at the event. … Continue reading “River Stories: Views from an Iowa Watershed” →