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Jul 13, 20221 min read

Motor Mill Inn Construction Bid Info

Notice of public hearing and bid letting.

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Jul 1, 20229 min read

Invasive Species and the Trolley Problem

The trolley problem is a famous thought experiment meant to explore the realm of ethics. The typical framing goes something like this: a...

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Jun 28, 20220 min read

4th of July

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Jun 22, 20221 min read

Pony Hollow Trail Count Volunteering

We are in search of volunteers to help us with our Pony Hollow Trail use count and survey on July 15 & 16. We have six time slots...

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Jun 6, 20228 min read

April Showers Brought May Flowers

The Iowa Native Plant Society marks May as "Iowa Wildflower Month," and if you've spent any time in the woods this spring it's easy to...

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May 5, 20225 min read

Cuddly Cotyledons

This time of year every naturalist, armchair or otherwise, is enraptured with the stunning emergence of spring ephemerals. These...

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Apr 5, 20228 min read

Don't get fooled again

I love April. The wildflowers wake up, the horizon on my drive home fills with columns of smoke from prescribed burns, and of course,...

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Mar 15, 20221 min read

2022 Camps at Osborne - Day Camps and Junior Naturalist Camps

Check out the summer day camps hosted by Clayton County Conservation. These are for kids ages 6-12 and take place at Osborne Park....

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Mar 2, 20225 min read

The simple pleasures of shed hunting

Here’s a heck of a confession for a man raised in rural Iowa: I’ve never shot a deer. Not once. I’ve never been especially opposed to it,...

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Mar 1, 20221 min read

2022 Camping registration

With the weather starting to warm up camping is now on our minds. Clayton County campgrounds will open April 1st and are already being...

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