State Preserves

State Preserves

Slinde Mounds State Preserve

Slinde Mounds is a 32-acre preserve containing a group of ancient Indian mounds and a hill prairie along the Upper Iowa River.

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Starr's Cave State Preserve

Starr’s Cave State Preserve is a 184-acre area containing a variety of habitats, including forest, prairie openings, old fields, and limestone cliffs.

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Steele Prairie State Preserve

T. H. Steele Prairie is a 200-acre preserve of both uplands and wet prairie communities, is a habitat for many species of birds, mammals, and butterflies.

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Sylvan Runkel State Preserve

Sylvan Runkel State Preserve is a 330-acre preserve on the western edge of the Loess Hills, with over 200 plant species and 100 species of birds.

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Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve

Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve is a 3-acre preserve featuring a cluster of ancient Indian mounds, a Visitors Center and Museum, and a small prairie.

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Fallen Rock State Preserve

Fallen Rock State Preserve is a 122-acre area of scenic forested bluffland with sandstone cliffs.

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Sheeder Prairie State Preserve

Sheeder Prairie is a 25-acre tallgrass prairie in Guthrie County with over 200 plant species and a total of sixty-nine species of birds.

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Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve

Decorah Ice Cave is recognized as one of the largest known “glacières” (caverns containing ice) in the Midwest.

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A.F. Miller State Preserve

A. F. Miller State Preserve is a 10-acre area containing a peaty wetland with over 140 plant species, and rare species of butterflies.

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Cold Water Spring State Preserve

Cold Water Spring is the natural exit of an underground stream flowing through Cold Water Cave, the largest and most elaborate cavern system known in Iowa.

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Claybanks State Preserve

Claybanks Forest is a 56-acre preserve featuring rock outcrops with remarkable, internationally known Devonian fossils.

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Clay Prairie State Preserve

Clay Prairie is a 3-acre preserve containing a small, unplowed portion of the historic Butler Center Cemetery.

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Cheever Lake State Preserve

Cheever Lake is a 367-acre preserve featuring a large, shallow glacial lake with abundant aquatic vegetation.

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