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Kuehn Conservation Area is park near Earlham, Iowa managed by the Dallas County Conservation Board. [1] The park provides a restored prairie, bird watching areas, primitive camping, and hiking trails. The park was formed in 1982 from a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) donation by Gerald Kuehn, which was his residence during his youth.
The core of the Neal Smith refuge was a 3,600-acre (1,500 ha) block of land originally acquired by Iowa Power and Light) for a nuclear power plant. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquired this land in 1990. [4] The Fish and Wildlife Service has acquired about 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) more of the allocated 11,865 acres (4,802 ha).
Backbone Creek is known to support both Rainbow and Brown trout, and is stocked by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from local brood ponds. Campsites (49 electrical and 49 non-electrical) and cabins are available for rental (reservations recommended).
This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen known as "Mountain Men". Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Most moved on to other endeavors, but a few of them followed or adopted the mountain man life style into the 20th century.
Dolliver Memorial State Park is a state park in Webster County, Iowa, United States, featuring high bluffs and deep ravines on the Des Moines River.The park is located 10 miles (16 km) south of Fort Dodge and 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Lehigh. [3]
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Teddy Bear, owned by Gary Ruebel of Saylorville, ... Meet Teddy Bear, the Iowa State Fair's Super Bull for 2024. Gannett. Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register. August 8, 2024 at 10:04 PM.
Lidar-derived image of Marching Bears Mound Group, Effigy Mounds National Monument.. Prehistoric earthworks by mound builder cultures are common in the Midwest.However, mounds in the shape of mammals, birds, or reptiles, known as effigies, apparently were constructed primarily by peoples in what is now known as southern Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and small parts of Minnesota and Illinois.