Iowa Prairies Open to the Public


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Name Acres Ownership County Visit
*Ames High School Prairie 7 Ames Community Schools Story
*Anderson Prairie 200 State of Iowa Emmet
*Cayler Prairie l60 State of Iowa Dickinson
*Cedar Hills Sand Prairie 90 Nature Conservancy Black Hawk
Chichaqua Sand Hill Prairie 9 County Conservation Board Polk
*Clay Prairie 3 University of Northern Iowa Butler
*Crossman Prairie 10 Nature Conservancy Howard
*Derald Dinesen Prairie 20 Natural Resource Conservation Service Shelby
*Doolittle Prairie 25 State of Iowa Story
Engeldinger Marsh 20 County Conservation Board Polk
*Five Ridge Prairie 789 County Conservation Board Plymouth
*Freda Hafner Kettlehole 110 Nature Conservancy Dickinson
*Gitchie Manitou 144 State of Iowa Lyon
*Hayden Prairie 240 State of Iowa Howard
*Hoffman Prairie 36 Nature Conservancy Cerro Gordo
*Kalsow Prairie 160 State of Iowa Pocahontas
*Kish-Ke-Kosh 14 State of Iowa Jasper
*Liska-Stanek Prairie 20 County Conservation Board Webster
Loess Hills State Forest 20 + State of Iowa Harrison
Loess Hills State Forest 100 + State of Iowa Monona
*Manikowski Prairie 40 County Conservation Board Clinton
*Marietta Sand Prairie 17 County Conservation Board Marshall
*Mount Talbot 90 State of Iowa Woodbury
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge 8,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jasper
*Nestor Stiles 10 State of Iowa Cherokee
Ringgold State Wildlife Area 10 State of Iowa Ringgold
Rochester Cemetery 13 Rochester Township Cedar
Rockford Fossil and Prairie Park 60 County Conservation Board Floyd
*Rock Island Preserve 17 County Conservation Board Linn
*Rolling Thunder Prairie 123 County Conservation Board Warren
*Sheeder Prairie 25 State of Iowa Guthrie
Shield Prairie 80 County Conservation Board Muscatine
*Slinde Mounds 32 State of Iowa Allamakee
*Steele Prairie 200 State of Iowa Cherokee
Stinson Prairie 32 County Conservation Board Kossuth
Sylvan Runkel State Preserve 300 State of Iowa Monona
*Turin Loess Hills 220 State of Iowa Monona
Waubonsie State Park 100 + State of Iowa Fremont
*Williams Prairie 20 Nature Conservancy Johnson
* Area dedicated as state preserve by the State Preserves Advisory Board