Below is a listing of upcoming conservation field days around the state. For a complete listing of future conservation field days, click here.


Upcoming Field Days


Monarch and Pollinator Workshop

Wednesday, June 4 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Clarinda, Iowa

The workshop will be hosted by Katherine Kral-O'Brien, Iowa State University Assistant Professor in Natural Resource Ecology and Management and co-leader of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, and Mykayla Hagaman, Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium program specialist. This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about monarchs and integrating pollinator habitat into Iowa’s landscape.

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Wetland and Prairie Field Day

Thursday, June 12 | 10:30am - 12:30pm

Haverhill, Iowa

This field day will explore the wetland system developed on the property and aims to assist farmers and landowners with establishing and maintaining perennial vegetation. The field day will begin with landowner Tony Brink highlighting the work he has done since purchasing the property in 1990 to increase wildlife habitat through the creation of wetlands and prairie. Kay Stefanik, Iowa Nutrient Research Center Assistant Director, will discuss the benefits of wetlands on the landscape and Kevin Andersen, Iowa DNR State Private Lands Biologist, will share best management practices for establishing and maintaining prairie. Doug Roupp, Marshall NRCS District Conservationist, will share updates on cost share programs for implementing wetlands and prairie on the land. Emily Herring, Director of Marshall County Conservation Board, will be available after lunch for prairie plant identification.

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Pollinator Field Day

Tuesday, June 24 | 10:30am - 12:30pm

Kellogg, Iowa

This field day aims to assist farmers and landowners with establishing and maintaining perennial vegetation, including trees and shrubs. The field day will begin with Emily Klein, CERA Manager and Center for Prairie Studies Outreach Coordinator, and Jacob Hill, CERA Horticulturalist, highlighting the background of the area and ongoing experimental and demonstration sites across the nearly 365-acre field station. Jason Gritsch, Iowa DNR Private Lands Biologist, will discuss cost share opportunities for pollinator habitat establishment and maintenance. Weather permitting, the field day will continue with Kevin Andersen, Iowa DNR State Private Lands Biologist, touring the oak savanna, prairie and experimental burn timing plots.

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