Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the last 35 years, more than 6,000 acres of native tallgrass prairie, oak savanna and sedge meadow have been gingerly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neal Smith refuge investigates death of rare white bison calf The rare white bison calf at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge ...

JASPER COUNTY, Iowa– The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge has welcomed three new bison calves to its herd to start the 2026 birthing season. Two of the calves were born on Wednesday, with the third being ...

Established in 1990, the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge aims to protect, restore and manage the native ecosystems of tallgrass prairie that once covered 85% of Iowa The central Iowa wildlife ...

The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City is set to be downsized following storm damage in 2024. The storm dropped golf ball-sized hail on the refuge's Learning Center - forcing it to ...

Des Moines is preparing to elevate a section of the popular but flood-prone Neal Smith Trail as early as 2027 after years of periodic closures due to elevated river levels. That's not all that's in ...