Science and Stewardship

Research Opportunities
Preserves owned and managed by the Conservancy are available for conservation-related research projects that are compatible with our mission. A permit is required for any research project conducted on Conservancy land.

Grassland Notebook
Randy Arndt lives and breathes prairie restoration. He was recently hired as the Grand River Grasslands site manager and is based at Dunn Ranch, the 4,000-acre anchor site within the 70,000 acre grassland landscape on the Missouri-Iowa border.

DuPont Pledges $250,000 to Nature Conservancy for Water Quality Initiative
Boone River Watershed Project Fact Sheet

Iowa Prairie Seed Market Study
TNC in Iowa study to determine the present and potential future market for local ecotype prairie seed.

Upper Mississippi River Basin Report
Quick facts from the report that will guide The Nature Conservancy's conservation efforts in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

Loess Hills - Prairie Rattle Snake Study
The Nature Conservancy's Broken Kettle Grasslands in the Loess Hills is the only place in Iowa that the Prairie Rattlesnake calls home.

Lower Cedar Valley - Preliminary Herp Study
Jeff LeClere volunteered to do a preliminary survey of the herps at The Nature Conservancy in Iowa's Swamp White Oak Preserve in the Lower Cedar Valley.

Driftless Area - The Iowa Pleistocene Snail
Once thought to be extinct, this snail now survives on algific talus slopes managed by The Nature Conservancy in Iowa.

Conservation Planning - GIS Mapping
How The Nature Conservancy in Iowa stays current on the status of its land.