Upcoming Prairie Events Celebrate Our Prairie Heritage

White Prairie Clover (photo by Randy Williams)

 



Stone State Park is a great place to see native prairie plants - especially in late summer.  Few people visit the far north side of the park.  Mt. Talbot State Preserve was established in 1989 to protect some of the most outstanding prairie remnants in our state. 

Purple Prairie Clover (photo by Randy Williams)

 

Two upcoming events celebrate our prairie heritage-

 



Sioux City's Prairie Past and Present - Iowa Prairie Heritage
September 8, 2013 2pm
Sioux City Public Museum, 607 4th St, Sioux City, IA

Using photos and information from the museum archives, early images of Sioux City will be shown giving a glimpse of the Loess Hills and the prairie that vegetated much of the area.

Iowa Prairie Heritage Week Prairie Walk at Mount Talbot State Preserve
September 9, 2013 6:30pm

To celebrate Iowa Prairie Heritage Week, join Dianne Blankenship and other prairie enthusiasts as we hike the main ridge of the beautiful Mount Talbot State Preserve. Located on the north edge of Stone State Park, access is from Talbot Road.

This will be a fairly leisurely walk along the ridge of this Loess Hill prairie in search of late-blooming prairie wildflowers. Access will be impossible if Talbot Road is muddy and the field trip will be cancelled. Check back at this calendar. for updates.

Directions: As you approach Stone Park on Memorial Drive, turn right onto Talbot Road and travel north and then west. Watch for the sign for the preserve on the left, south.
If approaching from Hwy. 12, turn onto Talbot Road north of Stone Park, and the preserve will be on the right, south side of Talbot. Again, if the unimproved part of Talbot Road is muddy, the field trip will be cancelled.