Iowa Prairie Heritage Week shines the spotlight on Iowa prairies. Iowa Prairie Network coordinates this week and posts events on its website
http://www.iowaprairienetwork.org/. The 2011 IPHW runs from September 11-17, but additional prairie activities are listed on the INPS website calendar
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~herbarium/inps/index.php.
Iowa Prairie Heritage Week Events
September 10:
Hills and Heritage Festival at Thurman, IA
Natural History Weekend at Iowa Lakeside Lab
Monarch Tag and Release at Kids in Nature Farm near Williamsburg
September 11:
A-Mazing Prairie Festival at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt
Hills and Heritage Festival at Thurman, IA
Natural History Weekend at Iowa Lakeside Lab
Monarch Tag and Release at Kids in Nature Farm near Williamsburg
Sioux City Prairie Walk
September 12:
Prairie and Savanna Walk at CERA near Grinnell
September 13:
Nature Tales about Prairies (for pre-schoolers) at Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center in Sioux City
"Seed and Feed" prairie seed collecting and BBQ at Bill and Dotty Zales' near Westfield
September 15:
Riverside Bluffs Prairie Walk in Sioux City
Autumn Prairie Walk at the Prairie Heritage Center near Peterson
September 17
Ice Cream Social and Prairie Hike near Fairfield
Hawkwatch at the Prairie Heritage Center near Peterson
September 24:
Sand Hill Prairie Seed Harvest at Chichaqua near Maxwell, IA