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Bison and Calf
Niobrara bison © Chris Helzer

Iowans Say 'Yes' to Conservation to the Tune of $18.1 Million

The Nature Conservancy has announced that they have raised more than $18.1 million dollars for conservation in the Saving the Last Great Places in Iowa- The Campaign for Conservation publically launched in June 2006. This exceeded the original goal of $9.5 million.

The campaign focused on the six most ecologically important and threatened landscapes in Iowa, which include: the Loess Hills, Lower Cedar Valley, Little Sioux Valley, the Driftless Area, Grand River Grasslands and the Upper Mississippi River. By funding efforts with urgent conservation needs, the Conservancy hopes to make a more significant impact on some of Iowa’s last remaining intact, native landscapes for future generations.

Major gifts to the campaign include the lead gift of $2 million from the Fred Maytag Family Foundation, $5.4 million lakefront natural area on Clear Lake from Max Clausen, a matching gift grant of $500,000 from the Kresge Foundation specifically for land acquisition and nearly $500,000 from Drs. Gregg Oden and Lola Lopes.

“Iowans said ‘yes’ to conservation in a meaningful way,” said Jan Glendening, the director of philanthropy for the Conservancy in Iowa. “We have the most altered state in the country, 99 percent of Iowa’s prairie has been altered or plowed, but Iowans told us that they value this diminished resource, these native areas, by responding swiftly and generously.”