named after a longtime Iowa Congressman, was established in 1990 “with the mission to actively protect, restore, reconstruct and manage the diverse native ecosystems of tallgrass prairie ...

Years ago, Iowa’s landscape was about 80 to 85 percent tall grass prairie. Now, Ahrendsen said, tall grass prairie makes up less than 1 percent. “We’ve plowed about 99.99 percent of it up ...

Flames swept across the prairie at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center Monday afternoon—not from a wildfire, but from a carefully planned burn aimed at bringing Iowa’s grasslands back ...