Calendar of Events
2025
September
Saturday, September 13, 2025
UNI BioBlitz, Cedar Falls
Join the UNI Department of Biology for a day long biology event at the UNI Biological Preserves! Activities for all ages!
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Fall Native Plant Sale, Sioux City
Loess Hills Wild Ones is offering a local ecotype native plant sale.
September 14-20, 2025
Iowa Prairie Heritage Week
Celebrate Iowa's prairie heritage by exploring a remnant prairie near you! www.iowaprairienetwork.org/find-a-prairie
September 15 & 16, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Five Ridge Prairie
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
2025 IEC Annual Conference: Pathways to Action, Des Moines
Join Iowa Environmental Council at the Olmsted Center at Drake University in Des Moines where you'll have the opportunity to learn about key environmental issues, develop deeper relationships within the community, and build momentum for action and change in Iowa.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Prairie 101 Hike at Neal Smith National Wildlife, Jasper County
Are you new to prairies? Are you stumped on where to begin? Join Kyle Neuendorf, a Naturalist out of Boone County, for a introduction to prairie hike.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Codfish Hollow Prairie Walk, Jackson County
Join Ray Hamilton, Jackson County Conservation Naturalist Tony Vorwald, and the Iowa Prairie Network and Iowa Native Plant Society to experience the Hamilton (Codfish Hollow) prairie.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Wildflower Walk at Irvine Prairie, Benton County
Tallgrass Prairie Center Event
Join Dr. Laura Jackson and Cathy Irvine to explore the fall blooms, butterflies, birds and more at Irvine Prairie!
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Pohl Prairie Seed Harvest, Ames
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Kothenbeutel Land Ambassador Prairie Seed Harvest, Sheffield
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Restorative Sounds on the Prairie: A Sound Bath & Seed Harvest, Elkhart
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Pisgah
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
October
Friday, October 3, 2025
Seeds and Cider, Elkhart
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Heritage Valley Seed Harvest, Waukon
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Moonlight Seed Harvest, Maxwell
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Hitchcock Nature Center
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Monday, October 6, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Moorhead
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Snyder Heritage Farm Prairie Seed Harvest, Elkhart
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Old Town Conservation Area
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Waubonsie State Park
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Hitchcock Nature Center
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Hoppy Harvest with Big Grove, Iowa City
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Friday, October 17, 2025
Danamere Prairie Seed Harvest, Carlisle
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Monday, October 20, 2025
Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Loess Hills State Forest
Join Golden Hills RC&D for fall seed harvest!
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Breen Prairie Seed Harvest, Monticello
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Indiangrass Hills Prairie Seed Harvest, Williamsburg
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Kothenbeutel Land Ambassador Prairie Seed Harvest, Sheffield
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for fall seed harvest!
November
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Weimerskirk Workday, Bellevue
Join the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for a volunteer workday!
November 19-20, 2025
Iowa Nature Summit, Des Moines
The ultimate gathering of nature advocates and organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting nature's diversity!
