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August 27, 2008: The Nature Conservancy Protects More Native Grassland With Easements
Long-time Plymouth County residents Barry and Carolyn Knapp recently donated an easement protecting 430 acres adjacent to Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve, Iowa’s largest contiguous native prairie.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Office: (314) 968-1105
cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org
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July 31, 2008: Conservation Reserve Program is About Our Future in Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced Tuesday, July 29, that no penalty-free opt-outs for acres currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program will be allowed this year. This was published as a letter to the editor in the Des Moines Register on July 24. Good news for conservation efforts on land enrolled in the conservation reserve program.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Tel: (314) 968-1105
Cell: (314) 440-4253
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May 05, 2008: New State Director Hired In Iowa
The Nature Conservancy recently hired Sean McMahon as the state director in Iowa.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Office: (314) 968-1105
cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org
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March 05, 2008: Prairie Chicken Numbers Critical: Missouri Dept of Conservation Begins Bird Study on TNC Preserve
The Nature Conservancy and the Missouri Department of Conservation are teaming up to resuscitate a declining and now critical prairie chicken population.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Tel: (314) 968-1105
Cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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January 25, 2008: Lakeshore Property on Clear Lake Donated to The Nature Conservancy
Max Clausen of Clear Lake recently donated 240 acres of undeveloped shoreline property to The Nature Conservancy to be owned and managed for its natural resources and conservation values. The property was valued at $5.4 million and has approximately 2,700 feet of shoreline.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Tel: (314) 968-1105
Cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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January 25, 2008: The Nature Conservancy Announces $18 Million Raised For Conservation
The Nature Conservancy 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.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Tel: (314) 968-1105
Cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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January 17, 2008: The Nature Conservancy Accepting Anna Beal Scholarship Applications for 2008
he Nature Conservancy in Iowa is currently accepting applications for the annual $3,500 scholarship and internship awarded by the Anna Beal Trust.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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January 09, 2008: Rare Woodland Conserved Through Easement in Decatur County
Sibylla and Bill Brown recently donated a conservation easement on their 200 acres of woodland in Decatur County to The Nature Conservancy.
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Elizabeth Niven
Media Relations
Tel: (314) 968-1105
Cell: (314) 440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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October 29, 2007: DuPont Pledges $250,000 to Nature Conservancy for Water Quality Initiative
DuPont recently announced a pledge of $250,000 to The Nature Conservancy in an effort to improve water quality in vital Midwestern watersheds and to further reduce excess nutrient runoff from agricultural fields.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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September 05, 2007: New Director of Conservation Science Hired in Iowa
The Nature Conservancy recently hired Jennifer Filipiak as the director of conservation science in Iowa. Filipiak will supervise Conservancy staff and lead planning, research and monitoring activities for Iowa with a focus on freshwater and grasslands conservation and restoration.
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Elizabeth Niven
314-440-4253 (Cell)
314-968-1105 x103
eniven@tnc.org |
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July 24, 2007: Conservancy Dedicates Gregg and Lola Prairie in the Loess Hills
The nature conservancy just dedicated 160 acres of prairie in the Loess Hills in honor of two people who recently donated $450,000 to purchase and manage the land.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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April 30, 2007: The Nature Conservancy Receives $500,000 Challenge Grant
In Iowa, The Nature Conservancy’s Campaign for Conservation is working to save some of Iowa’s last remaining large, native landscapes for future generations. To assist in the acquisition of prairie tracts located in Iowa’s three prairie landscapes – the Loess Hills, Little Sioux Valley and Grand River Grasslands – The Kresge Foundation has provided a $500,000 challenge grant to Iowa’s Campaign for Conservation.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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April 02, 2007: Iowan Selected to Lend Fire Expertise in Ethiopian Grasslands
Scott Moats, prescribed fire expert for The Nature Conservancy and northwest Iowa preserves manager located in the Broken Kettle Grasslands near Sioux City, recently taught tribesman (pastoralists) in southern Ethiopia how to safely burn their pastures and rangeland to eliminate thorny invasive species, brush and trees to return the land to better grazing for livestock, protecting villages and people.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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October 24, 2006: Researchers Reveal Original Landscape Along Cedar and Iowa River Basin
Until recently, the areas in the Iowa and Cedar River Valleys’ were considered to be deep forests right to the river’s edge. However, descriptions from surveyor notes and historical records suggest this area in the late 1830s was actually open parklands with scattered trees and vast expanses of prairie grasses underneath, called lowland savannas.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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August 08, 2006: Office: 314-968-1105 x1Conservancy in Iowa Celebrates the Passage of Water Resources Development Act
The long-awaited Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) passed the full Senate recently, putting it on track for congressional approval. The bill now heads to a House-Senate conference committee before moving to the President for final approval.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105
cell: 314-440-4253 x103
eniven@tnc.org |
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June 21, 2006: Nature Conservancy Receives $35,000 Grant from Loess Hills Alliance
The Nature Conservancy recently received a $35,000 grant from the Loess Hills Alliance (LHA) for the acquisition of a 23-acre tract in Plymouth County in the Loess Hills to reduce habitat fragmentation for priority grasslands birds at Iowa’s largest remaining prairie at Broken Kettle Grasslands preserve.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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June 13, 2006: The Nature Conservancy in Iowa Announces $9.5 Million Campaign for Conservation
The Nature Conservancy in Iowa kicks off their $9.5 million Campaign for Conservation — Saving the Last Great Places in Iowa, the first in its 43-year history in Iowa, in six areas across Iowa this summer.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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March 30, 2006: Nature Conservancy Acquires and Protects Additional 124 Acres in the Grand River Grasslands
Property considered one of the highest quality prairie in the area
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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March 30, 2006: Nature Conservancy Expands Loess Hills Special Landscape Area with Recent Donation
With the recent donation of 45 acres by Neal and Izen Ratzlaff, the Nature Conservancy is able to once again expand the protected land in the Loess Hills area.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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March 10, 2006: Nature Conservancy Hires Aquatic Ecologist
To enhance conservation work in Iowa streams and rivers, the Nature Conservancy recently hired George Cunningham as an aquatic ecologist. Cunningham’s first responsibility will be to complete an ecological assessment document on the Boone River watershed to determine the current ecological condition of the watershed.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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February 24, 2006: Conservancy Expands Loess Hills Special Landscape Area with Recent Donation
With the recent donation of 45 acres The Nature Conservancy is able to once again expand the protected land in the Loess Hills area. This property is located in the Loveland Special Landscape Area located in the Loess Hills in northern Pottawattamie County.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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January 31, 2006: Iowa Birders Visit the Home of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Nature Conservancy shares conservation success with area birders
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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July 22, 2005: Brown Family of Iowa Gives Back to Prairie
The Nature Conservancy in Iowa will dedicate the Browns Prairie, 188 acres of native prairie located in the Glacial Hills area, north of Storm Lake and southwest of Spencer near the Little Sioux River Valley.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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June 28, 2005: Nature Conservancy Protects Native Grassland by Expanding Prairie with Easements
Two completed conservation easements will protect an additional 240 acres at the Broken Kettle Grasslands, Iowa’s largest contiguous native prairie, The Nature Conservancy announced today.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
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May 25, 2005: Nature Conservancy Protects Native Grasslands, Prairie Rattlesnake Population
A 15-acre addition to the Broken Kettle Grasslands, Iowa’s largest contiguous native prairie, safeguards critical hibernacula for the state’s only known population of prairie rattlesnakes. The addition to Broken Kettle, located just north of Sioux City in Plymouth County, pushes the protected acreage to nearly 3,050 acres.
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Thomas Abello
612-331-0708, (cell) 612-860-4817 tabello@tnc.org |
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September 30, 2004: Nature Conservancy Releases Preliminary Study on Critical Actions needed in the Upper Mississippi
The Nature Conservancy, with the contribution of partners representing 22 organizations, undertook a large-scale study to identify actions critical to protecting the large network of freshwater diversity in the UMR basin. The preliminary results, summarized in the plan “Restoring the Upper Mississippi River and its Networks of Tributaries,” are being shared with others throughout the basin.
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Elizabeth Niven
Office: 314-968-1105 x103
cell: 314-440-4253
eniven@tnc.org |
