Iowa Prairies Open to the Public


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NameAcresOwnershipCounty
*Ames High School Prairie7Ames Community SchoolsStory
*Anderson Prairie200State of IowaEmmet
*Cayler Prairiel60State of IowaDickinson
*Cedar Hills Sand Prairie90Nature ConservancyBlack Hawk
Chichaqua Sand Hill Prairie9County Conservation BoardPolk
*Clay Prairie3University of Northern IowaButler
*Crossman Prairie10Nature ConservancyHoward
*Derald Dinesen Prairie20Natural Resource Conservation ServiceShelby
*Doolittle Prairie25State of IowaStory
Engeldinger Marsh20County Conservation BoardPolk
*Five Ridge Prairie789County Conservation BoardPlymouth
*Freda Hafner Kettlehole110Nature ConservancyDickinson
*Gitchie Manitou144State of IowaLyon
*Hayden Prairie240State of IowaHoward
*Hoffman Prairie36Nature ConservancyCerro Gordo
*Kalsow Prairie160State of IowaPocahontas
*Kish-Ke-Kosh14State of IowaJasper
*Liska-Stanek Prairie20County Conservation BoardWebster
Loess Hills State Forest20 +State of IowaHarrison
Loess Hills State Forest100 +State of IowaMonona
*Manikowski Prairie40County Conservation BoardClinton
*Marietta Sand Prairie17County Conservation BoardMarshall
*Mount Talbot90State of IowaWoodbury
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge8,000U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceJasper
*Nestor Stiles10State of IowaCherokee
Ringgold State Wildlife Area10State of IowaRinggold
Rochester Cemetery13Rochester TownshipCedar
Rockford Fossil and Prairie Park60County Conservation BoardFloyd
*Rock Island Preserve17County Conservation BoardLinn
*Rolling Thunder Prairie123County Conservation BoardWarren
*Sheeder Prairie25State of IowaGuthrie
Shield Prairie80County Conservation BoardMuscatine
*Slinde Mounds32State of IowaAllamakee
*Steele Prairie200State of IowaCherokee
Stinson Prairie32County Conservation BoardKossuth
Sylvan Runkel State Preserve300State of IowaMonona
*Turin Loess Hills220State of IowaMonona
Waubonsie State Park100 +State of IowaFremont
*Williams Prairie20Nature ConservancyJohnson
* Area dedicated as state preserve by the State Preserves Advisory Board