State Preserves

State Preserves

Brushy Creek State Preserve

Brushy Creek State Preserve is located in Brushy Creek Recreation Area, a 6,500-acre public area in Webster County.

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Bluffton Fir Stand

Bluffton Fir Stand is a 94-acre preserve featuring a sheer limestone bluff up to 140 feet high.

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Behrens Ponds & Woodland State Preserve

Karl W. Behrens Memorial Ponds and Woodland is a 29-acre Iowa preserve featuring a series of sandy ponds, dedicated as a biological state preserve in 1982.

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Anderson Prairie State Preserve

Anderson Prairie is a 200-acre preserve containing a native tallgrass prairie on the western edge of the Altamont moraine.

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Ames High Prairie State Preserve

The Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve at Ames High Prairie is a 22-acre preserve containing a small tallgrass prairie remnant and home to hundreds of species.

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Pellett Woods State Preserve

Frank Chapman Pellett Memorial Woods is a 20-acre preserve with more than 120 plants, founded by renowned horticulturist and author Frank Pellett.

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Preserves & Public Use

Learn about the history of the Iowa state preserves, the types of preserves you can find, and allowed or prohibited activities across Iowa preserves.

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Doolittle State Preserve

Doolittle Prairie is a 26-acre remnant of native tallgrass prairie, located in Story County, Iowa for th family who first settled the land in in 1855.

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Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve

Five Ridge Prairie is a 790-acre preserve at the northern end of the Loess Hills, and one fo the largest tracts of land in the Iowa State Preserve System.

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Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve

Once known as ā€œArendā€™s Kettle Hole,ā€ Freda Haffner Kettlehole is a 110-acre preserve containing the largest glacial ā€œkettleholeā€ in Iowa.

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Lamson Woods State Preserve

Lamson Woods is a 43-acre woodland preserve located on the southeast edge of Fairfield in Jefferson County, Iowa.

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Manikowski Prairie State Preserve

Manikowski Prairie is a 40-acre prairie on dry, shallow soils over a limestone bedĀ­rock. This preserve is located near Goose Lake in Clinton County.

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Hardin City Woodland State Preserve

Hardin City Woodland is a 25-acre preserve containing an upland forest, located north of Eldora, Iowa in the Iowa River Greenbelt.

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