News and Blog - Pottawattamie County Conservation

4/9/2025

What Kind of Legacy Do You Want to Leave?

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

3/24/2025

Join Us For A Storytelling Event

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

2/28/2025

Crescent Hill at Hitchcock: The New Mt. Crescent

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

2/28/2025

Pottawattamie Conservation Announces New Brand for Mt. Crescent Ski Area Ahead of Four-Season Master Plan Launch

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

1/31/2025

Join Ron Cisar for A Land Ethic Workshop

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

1/28/2025

Pottawattamie County Conservation Board Welcomes New Member, Elects Officers

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

12/30/2024

Three New Year’s Resolutions You Haven’t Thought Of

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

10/23/2024

Remembering and Celebrating an American Icon at Bison Fest

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

6/6/2024

Here are the 2024 T-Shirt Design Contest Winners!

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

4/22/2024

Cattle: A Double-edged Sward…

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

3/12/2024

What's the Best Way to Welcome Spring? Get Moving Outdoors!

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

3/8/2024

Volunteer Spotlight: Glenn Pollock, the Man In Plaid

Dana Kruse, Volunteer & Facilities Coordinator

3/6/2024

Signs of Spring: Turkey Vultures

Dorie Stone, Pottawattamie Conservation Volunteer & Nebraska Master Naturalist

2/12/2024

The History of the Hills at Mt. Crescent

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

12/26/2023

Pottawattamie Conservation Now Hiring Summer Interns

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

11/29/2023

Valley of the Hawk

Dustin Clayton, Naturalist

11/6/2023

Pottawattamie County Conservation to Conduct Prescribed Fire at Hitchcock Nature Center and Mt. Crescent Ski Area

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

10/25/2023

Pottawattamie Conservation Receives $450,000 REAP Grant to Expand Hitchcock Nature Center

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

10/13/2023

Bulldozed

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

7/18/2023

Potawattamie Conservation Rejoices Impact Created in First Year of Operating Mt. Crescent Ski Area

Craig Carlsen, Public Relations Manager, Pottawattamie County

7/13/2023

Volunteer Spotlight: Westy Inspires Visitors to Reconnect with Nature

Westy Nelson, Pottawattamie Conservation Volunteer

7/5/2023

What Is It Wednesday: Sunfish

Environmental Education Intern, Joseph Goltl

6/29/2023

Saving America One Invasive Species at a Time

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

6/27/2023

Here are Iowa's Junior Duck Stamp Winners

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

6/5/2023

Volunteer Spotlight: Shawn Gives Back by Getting His Hands Dirty

Dana Kruse, Volunteer & Facilities Coordinator

6/1/2023

What Is It Wednesday: Barn Swallow Nest

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

5/24/2023

Randi Shares Her Experience As a Teacher Extern

Randi Endriss, Talented and Gifted Instructor with Treynor Community School District

5/7/2023

Do you doo(doo) your environmental doody?

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

5/2/2023

Tri-Center School District Invests in Pollinator Habitat, Serves as Model for Implementing Environmental Education

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

4/18/2023

Help Us Welcome Cattle Grazers to Hitchcock Nature Center

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

4/12/2023

Volunteer Spotlight: Francis Rolls Up His Sleeves for Conservation

Dana Kruse, Volunteer & Facilities Coordinator

4/10/2023

Camp with Pottawattamie Conservation this Spring

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

4/7/2023

Oh Dam, it's International Beaver Day!

Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

3/28/2023

Farm Creek Improvements Support Local Wildlife, Benefit Hunters

Jeremy Yost, Natural Resource Technician

3/22/2023

Oppose Senate File 516 & Protect Public Land for Future Generations

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

1/31/2023

Pottawattamie Conservation Now Hiring Summer Interns & Park Aides

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

12/30/2022

Some New Year’s Resolutions You Haven’t Thought Of

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

12/28/2022

Volunteer Spotlight: Monte Monitors Migration & More

Dana Kruse, Volunteer & Facilities Coordinator

12/28/2022

Volunteer Spotlight: Supporting Raptor Conservation with Ann

Dana Kruse, Volunteer & Facilities Coordinator

12/5/2022

In the News: Pottawattamie Conservation acquires 90 acres for nature preserve

David Golbitz, The Daily Nonpareil

12/5/2022

Tips for a Meaningful Holiday Season: Saving Energy Around the House

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

11/30/2022

Prairie High Tide

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

11/18/2022

Tips for a Meaningful Holiday Season: Gift-Giving

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

10/28/2022

Happy #BatWeek! Your Bat Questions, Answered

Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

8/17/2022

Don't Hate on Bees & Wasps

Ashley Jonas, Environmental Education Intern

7/25/2022

Join us for Go Wild for Conservation on 9/29!

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

7/5/2022

Burning Bridges

Aric Ping, Natural Resource Technician

7/5/2022

Here are Iowa's Junior Duck Stamp winners

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

6/28/2022

Red, White, and Blue…And Sweet Clover

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

6/2/2022

What Are Oak Tatters?

Jeremy Yost, Natural Resource Technician

5/24/2022

Don't Miss Free, Family-Friendly Loess Hills Prairie Seminar Coming Up June 3rd-5th!

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

5/20/2022

Tri-Center High School Students Celebrate End of School Year By Planting Trees

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

5/10/2022

Support Our Pollinator Friends at Butterflies & Beer on 5/17

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

5/5/2022

In the News: Council Bluffs named Bee City USA for conservation efforts

David Golbitz, The Daily Nonpareil

4/19/2022

Residential Tree Program for Iowa Residents Launches

4/1/2022

April 23rd is Free Entry Fee Day at Pottawattamie Conservation Parks!

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

3/10/2022

What is a Land Ethic?

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

3/8/2022

Help Iowa DNR Track Frog and Toad Populations!

Stephanie Shepherd, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

3/7/2022

Iowans: Your Private Property Rights Are Under Attack (Again) with SF 2312

Jeff Franco, Executive Director

1/4/2022

Try These Eco-Friendly Habits In 2022

Environmental Education Team

11/29/2021

Giving Tuesday Donations Go 20% Further Thanks to the PCCF

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

11/23/2021

We Did(n't) Start the Fire

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

11/4/2021

In the News: First ever Bison Fest to be held at Botna Bend

Emmalee Scheibe, The Daily Nonpareil

10/21/2021

That’s a Wrap! Road and Parking Construction is Complete at Hitchcock

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

9/27/2021

Hunting’s Important Role in Conservation

Kylie Jacott, Community Outreach Manager

6/28/2021

Getting to Know Kathy Fiscus Our July Speaker

with Kathy Fiscus

4/29/2021

Join us for a Hitch Hike this Summer

4/27/2021

Getting to Know Benjamin Vogt

with Benjamin Vogt

4/23/2021

Thank You Volunteers!

Kate Simmons, Community Relations Coordinator

4/16/2021

Litter Busters!

Rene Stroud, Naturalist

4/2/2021

Fauna Feature: Eastern Cottontail

3/25/2021

Get Outdoors on a Little Tike Hike this April

Rene Stroud, Naturalist and Kate Simmons, Community Relations Coordinator

3/18/2021

Explore the Missouri River During "Flood Plain: A Clear View of Life in the Big Muddy"

3/11/2021

Get to Know: Bluegill

3/4/2021

Building Better Birders Workshops Coming March 25th!

2/26/2021

Winter Days & Squirrel Dreys

Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

2/19/2021

Monarchs, Apples & the Law

Jeff Franco, Executive Director

2/19/2021

Nature Documentaries for Wintertime Viewing

2/16/2021

Explore the Rhythm of Nature with A Land Ethic Workshop in 2021

2/5/2021

Winter Tree Identification: Part 1

Rene Stroud, Naturalist

1/23/2021

Summer Internships with Your County Parks

1/15/2021

2020 HawkWatch Season Report

Earl Johnson, Hawk Counter

1/13/2021

Board of Supervisors Appoints Mathiasen to Pottawattamie County Conservation Board

1/8/2021

What's on the Menu for Winter Wildlife

12/24/2020

Nature is More Awesome than a Video Game

12/18/2020

Bid Notice: Narrows River Park Boat Ramp Replacement & Flood Protection Project

Jeff Franco, Executive Director and Ryan Penney, Narrows River Park Ranger

12/18/2020

Following Coyote

Rene Stroud, Naturalist

12/11/2020

November 2020 HawkWatch Report

Earl Johnson, Hawk Counter

12/9/2020

Donation in Memory of David Kuper Provides New Binoculars for Environmental Education

Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

12/7/2020

Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Nature Lover

12/4/2020

Bid Notice: Hitchcock Nature Center Front Entrance and Parking Improvements

Jeff Franco, Executive Director

12/3/2020

Hikin' With a Nature Nerd Kicks Off in January, 2021!

11/25/2020

When a Tree Falls in the Woods

11/19/2020

Fauna Feature: Wild Turkeys

Environmental Education Staff

11/16/2020

October 2020 HawkWatch Report

Earl Johnson, Hawk Counter

11/4/2020

Fauna Feature: Virginia Opossum

Environmental Education Staff

10/22/2020

Celebrate National Bat Week October 24th - 31st!

Kristen Bieret, Sac County Conservation Naturalist

10/16/2020

"Bats of Iowa" with Lauren Darnold Coming November 12th!

Kate Simmons, Community Relations Coordinator

10/13/2020

Get to Know: Earl Johnson, Hawk Counter

10/8/2020

September 2020 HawkWatch Report

Earl Johnson, Hawk Counter

10/2/2020

Enjoy a Virtual Fieldtrip!

Rene Stroud, Naturalist and Kate Simmons, Community Relations Coordinator

9/30/2020

Blackbird Marsh Experiences Fish Kill

9/18/2020

Fauna Feature: Little Wood-Satyr

Malena Brotherson, Environmental Education Intern

9/14/2020

Go Wild For Conservation in 2020!

9/10/2020

Plant Family Focus: Asteraceae

Malena Brotherson & Kristen Yost, Environmental Education Interns

9/1/2020

Milkweed & Monarchs

Malena Brotherson, Environmental Education Intern

8/27/2020

Busy Bumble Bees

Kristen Yost, 2020 Environmental Education Intern

8/18/2020

Cicada Summer

Kristen Yost, 2020 Environmental Education Intern

8/13/2020

Flora Feature: Ironweed

Kristen Yost, 2020 Environmental Education Intern

8/5/2020

Flora Feature: Purple Prairie Clover

Malena Brotherson, Environmental Education Intern

7/28/2020

Head Outdoors for a Birding Scavenger Hunt

Kristen Yost, 2020 Environmental Education Intern

7/23/2020

Flora Feature: Germander

Malena Brotherson, Environmental Education Intern

7/17/2020

Flora Feature: Compass Plant

Malena Brotherson, Environmental Education Intern

7/7/2020

Turtles of Iowa

Kristen Yost, 2020 Environmental Education Intern

6/22/2020

Ask a Naturalist: Horns vs. Antlers

Rene Stroud, Naturalist

4/16/2020

Beautiful Spring Bloodroot

Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

4/10/2020

Environmental Education at Home

Rene Stroud, Naturalist and Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

3/27/2020

Explore Pottawattamie Conservation Habitat Areas this Spring

Kate Simmons, Community Relations Coordinator

10/30/2019

Get to Know: Amy Campagna, Environmental Education Coordinator

10/30/2019

The Fiery Hues of the Prairie Grasses in Autumn

10/10/2019

Get to Know: Erin Scott, Hawk Counter

9/25/2019

Nesting Owls & Barn Owl Restoration with Bruce Ehresman

Go Wild for Conservation On September 12th!

8/2/2019

Discover "Sacred Seed: an Indigenous Heirloom Seed Journey" with Taylor Keen at Hitchcock Nature Center

7/10/2019

Experience Healthy Soil, Healthy Planet with Jean Eells at Hitchcock Nature Center

6/19/2019

Loess Hills Cooperative Burn Week 2019

5/16/2019

Discover Prairies, People, & Place with Doug Ladd at Hitchcock Nature Center

3/27/2019

Become a Nature MVP During our Earth Day Championship

3/8/2019

Book Review: Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy

3/1/2019

PUBLIC CALL TO ACTION: Oppose HF 542 & SSB 1221

10/31/2018

Get to Know: Michelle Biodrowski, Naturalist

9/28/2018

Get to Know: Bethany Thornton, Hawk Counter

5/24/2018

Love the Land During our Introduction to Land Management Program

3/28/2018

Exploring the World of Zero Waste Living

Kristen Bieret, PCC Naturalist

1/30/2018

Citizen Science & Volunteering Combine at Hitchcock Nature Center

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What Kind of Legacy Do You Want to Leave?

Join Us For A Storytelling Event

Crescent Hill at Hitchcock: The New Mt. Crescent

Pottawattamie Conservation Announces New Brand for Mt. Crescent Ski Area Ahead of Four-Season Master Plan Launch

Join Ron Cisar for A Land Ethic Workshop

Pottawattamie County Conservation Board Welcomes New Member, Elects Officers

Three New Year’s Resolutions You Haven’t Thought Of

Remembering and Celebrating an American Icon at Bison Fest

Here are the 2024 T-Shirt Design Contest Winners!

Cattle: A Double-edged Sward…

What's the Best Way to Welcome Spring? Get Moving Outdoors!

Volunteer Spotlight: Glenn Pollock, the Man In Plaid

Signs of Spring: Turkey Vultures

The History of the Hills at Mt. Crescent

Pottawattamie Conservation Now Hiring Summer Interns

Valley of the Hawk

Pottawattamie County Conservation to Conduct Prescribed Fire at Hitchcock Nature Center and Mt. Crescent Ski Area

Pottawattamie Conservation Receives $450,000 REAP Grant to Expand Hitchcock Nature Center

Bulldozed

Potawattamie Conservation Rejoices Impact Created in First Year of Operating Mt. Crescent Ski Area

Volunteer Spotlight: Westy Inspires Visitors to Reconnect with Nature

What Is It Wednesday: Sunfish

Saving America One Invasive Species at a Time

Here are Iowa's Junior Duck Stamp Winners

Volunteer Spotlight: Shawn Gives Back by Getting His Hands Dirty

What Is It Wednesday: Barn Swallow Nest

Randi Shares Her Experience As a Teacher Extern

Do you doo(doo) your environmental doody?

Tri-Center School District Invests in Pollinator Habitat, Serves as Model for Implementing Environmental Education

Help Us Welcome Cattle Grazers to Hitchcock Nature Center

Volunteer Spotlight: Francis Rolls Up His Sleeves for Conservation

Camp with Pottawattamie Conservation this Spring

Oh Dam, it's International Beaver Day!

Farm Creek Improvements Support Local Wildlife, Benefit Hunters

Oppose Senate File 516 & Protect Public Land for Future Generations

Pottawattamie Conservation Now Hiring Summer Interns & Park Aides

Some New Year’s Resolutions You Haven’t Thought Of

Volunteer Spotlight: Monte Monitors Migration & More

Volunteer Spotlight: Supporting Raptor Conservation with Ann

In the News: Pottawattamie Conservation acquires 90 acres for nature preserve

Tips for a Meaningful Holiday Season: Saving Energy Around the House

Prairie High Tide

Tips for a Meaningful Holiday Season: Gift-Giving

Happy #BatWeek! Your Bat Questions, Answered

Don't Hate on Bees & Wasps

Join us for Go Wild for Conservation on 9/29!

Burning Bridges

Here are Iowa's Junior Duck Stamp winners

Red, White, and Blue…And Sweet Clover

What Are Oak Tatters?

Don't Miss Free, Family-Friendly Loess Hills Prairie Seminar Coming Up June 3rd-5th!

Tri-Center High School Students Celebrate End of School Year By Planting Trees

Support Our Pollinator Friends at Butterflies & Beer on 5/17

In the News: Council Bluffs named Bee City USA for conservation efforts

Residential Tree Program for Iowa Residents Launches

April 23rd is Free Entry Fee Day at Pottawattamie Conservation Parks!

What is a Land Ethic?

Help Iowa DNR Track Frog and Toad Populations!

Iowans: Your Private Property Rights Are Under Attack (Again) with SF 2312

Try These Eco-Friendly Habits In 2022

Giving Tuesday Donations Go 20% Further Thanks to the PCCF

We Did(n't) Start the Fire

In the News: First ever Bison Fest to be held at Botna Bend

That’s a Wrap! Road and Parking Construction is Complete at Hitchcock

Hunting’s Important Role in Conservation

Getting to Know Kathy Fiscus Our July Speaker

Join us for a Hitch Hike this Summer

Getting to Know Benjamin Vogt

Thank You Volunteers!

Litter Busters!

Fauna Feature: Eastern Cottontail

Get Outdoors on a Little Tike Hike this April

Explore the Missouri River During "Flood Plain: A Clear View of Life in the Big Muddy"

Get to Know: Bluegill

Building Better Birders Workshops Coming March 25th!

Winter Days & Squirrel Dreys