Response to COVID-19
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Our response to the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Details about our continual operations to care for the land and our optimistic hope for the future.
Ecological Significance
At Four Mounds, just north of Dubuque along the Mississippi River, a mature white oak has been witness to dramatic landscape changes.... Read More
A Culture of Collaborative Conservation Management
Since 1987, the Four Mounds Foundation has stewarded 60-acres as a city park, bed and breakfast and event venue. Situated just north... Read More
Protecting an Urban Woodland from Erosion with Ecology and Engineering
Jeanette LaGrange almost lost her garage to stormwater erosion before finding a long-term solution that improved wildlife habitat, water quality, and access... Read More
2018 Year In Review Infographic
What difference can a year make? See how many acres have been managed, trees planted, and other impacts made by Prudenterra in... Read More
Highway construction prompts oak-hickory woodland restoration, archaeological discoveries
Larry Cleverley was devastated when he learned that 30 acres of his family’s forest and pasture could be claimed by eminent... Read More
Neighborhood Collaboration Protects Land, Evaluates Streambank Erosion
In 1971, Dick Van Deusen’s quiet woodland home near Ames was still under construction when he learned that the field across the... Read More
Physical Therapists Create a Health Plan for their Land, Plant Nutrient-Dense Perennials
When Michelle and Steve Cassabaum planted 3,500 trees and shrubs in what had been their cornfield, heads turned. Neighbors to their Nevada,... Read More
Reinvigorating a Native Playscape at Greenwood Elementary
At Greenwood Elementary School in Des Moines, students do not rely on field trips alone to explore Iowa’s native ecosystems–they play among... Read More
Landowner, Electric Utility, and County Conservation Partner in Oak Savanna Restoration
It started ordinarily enough, with a call from regional transmission utility ITC Midwest. The trees on Paul Hertz’s farm near Nevada, Iowa... Read More