Iowa Outdoor Unlimited (IOU)

15-18 year olds can work and live in Yellowstone. Deadline is March 1st.

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Calling all park stewards, trail ambassadors, and general conservation enthusiasts! Strengthen your impact in our parks and along our trails with our Volunteer Workshop Series - Timber Stand Improvement this Saturday, January 19. This workshop will be devoted to cultivating healthy woodlands throughout Polk County. This program is FREE - Spots are still available! Make sure to register by signing up through our volunteer portal: https://bit.ly/2CtqeEy

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While playing in the mud can be fun, proper trail use is important to take into consideration - especially in Iowa. Higher than normal temperatures invite us to spend the day outside, but warmer days and freezing nights have wreaked havoc on our dirt trails. Riding or hiking on muddy trails can ruin them. It leaves ruts, contributes to erosion, and creates an unrideable, hard-to-fix trail surface requiring hours of labor to correct. If you are leaving a visible rut or deep footprints, the trail is too muddy to use.

Help us spread awareness and encourage everyone to be considerate trail users. We want all to enjoy the outdoors! [Photo by Pingora Outdoors at Glow Wild. No trails were harmed in the making of this photo. 😄]

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Join a First Day Hike on New Year’s Day DES MOINES – What’s the best way to spend New Year’s Day? Take a First Day Hike in one of 27 participating Iowa state parks! Hikers can expect to be surrounded by the quiet beauty of nature in winter, and experience spectacular views, beautiful se

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We need your help to build more prairies! Please join us in celebration of National Public Lands Day to collect native prairie seeds on Saturday, September 29 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Learn about and be a part of the prairie reconstructing process. All ages welcome. Contact Nancy Corona at 515-994-3400 or email at [email protected] to register and to get additional information.

Photo: Seed Lab/ Nancy Corona/USFWS

The 25th Annual National Public Lands Day is happening on September 22, 2018! Sign up

Event Locator Lovers Key State Park will be hosting a Public Lands Workday on Saturday September 22nd from 9am -12pm. Join Lovers Key State Park...

if you know someone 15 to 18 that likes the outdoors pass on this opportunity to work and live in Yellowstone National Park

Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Program - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Beat the heat today, plan some future adventures outside. This is coming up in October.

Canoe.Bike.Run. Tag someone below you'd like to go on an adventure with and register today for the Above+Beyond Adventure Tri!

Monday biking! Meet at "el bait shop" at 6:00 pm. Biking the Great Western Trail, heading south to Cu***ng Tap or as far as you like, back to Bait shop for food and drinks. June 19th.
Mel Ritter

National Trails day was today and I helped do trail work at Jester Park on the hickory ridge trail. We had about 50 folks and placed several water bars along the trail.
It was a great day to be working on a shaded trail. The event was a group effort with REI , INHF, and Polk County Conservation along with all the volunteers. They had tacos and music for us afterwards.