Field Trip
INPS 2024 Annual Meeting
The focus of the September 14, 2024 annual meeting was to highlight the often overlooked fauna of Iowa, aquatic insects. Professor Dr. Greg Courtney of Iowa State University gave an hour long presentation titled Aquatic Insects of a Midwestern Prairie Read more…
Field Trip
Corriell Nature Preserve Tour
On June 15, 2024 Bur Oak Land Trust welcomed INPS members and others for a private tour of the Corriell Nature Preserve in Muscatine County. Over 20 attendees explored the area observing many different functional plant groups, insects, and more. Read more…
Newsletters
2024 Spring Newsletter
Erythronium spring 2024 newsletter Feature photo: Sarah Nizzi, INPS President
Field Trip
Pasque Flowers Bloom in the Loess Hills
A brisk and chilly northwest wind did not deter about 20 nature enthusiasts from exploring the prairie in the Loess Hills State Forest on Saturday, March 16. It was perfect timing to see hundreds of pasque flowers in bloom. The pasque Read more…
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2024 Winter Newsletter
Eythronium winter 2024 newsletter Featured Photo: Sarah Nizzi, INPS President
Field Trip
Brush Creek Canyon Field Trip
Brush Creek Canyon is a 217-acre preserve containing a rugged forested gorge along the Silurian Escarpment. Located two miles north of Arlington in Fayette County, it was dedicated as a biological and geological state preserve in 1968. Located on the Read more…
Field Trip
Kurtz Prairie Field Trip
In mid-July a small group of prairie enthusiasts joined long time prairie steward, Carl Kurtz, to tour Kurtz Prairie. This privately owned prairie offers a diverse array of wildflowers decades in the making. Carl’s knowledge and passion of prairies runs Read more…
Field Trip
Wolter’s Prairie Preserve Field Trip
Wolter’s Prairie Preserve is a wet-mesic remnant located in Butler County Iowa. Inclement weather prevented the original scheduled date for the field trip. Thankfully we were able to reschedule a few weeks later on May 27, 2023. Attendees were not Read more…