Lovers of all things outdoors will adore these stunning hiking trails in Iowa that aren't typically crowded at all.

Iowa Department of Natural Resource’s Erika Billerbeck is working on a second book and writing more magazine articles about ...

Iowa doesn’t have an ocean or mountains, but Iowa can be a beautiful place to connect with nature. Author Kevin Koch has camped, hiked and biked his way through the Midwest and written about it ...

Hoover Nature Trail in Solon is one Johnson County Conservation said it plans to expand with a new $30 million bond vote last ...

A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate can continue with his plan to challenge the ballots of ...

Women are being invited to get in touch with nature.

The county hopes to use portions of the $25 million bond to improve flooding mitigation and riverbank stabilization on the Skunk River. That includes extending the Skunk River greenbelt to the south ...

The money would also be used for things like completing the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail, restoring wetlands and reducing erosion along the Skunk River, and for building a nature center at McFarland ...