Useful Links

Local and State Environmental Groups 

Des Moines Audubon Society

Iowa Birds & Birding

Iowa Native Plants Society 

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 

Iowa Prairie Network 

The Nature Conservancy - Iowa 

Sierra Club - Iowa Chapter 


National Environmental Groups 

Clean Water Network

Defenders of Wildlife

Earth Day Network

The Environmental Law Institute 

Friends of the Earth

National Parks Conservation Association 

National Wildlife Federation 

Natural Resources Defense Council

Oceana USA 

Soil and Water Conservation Society 

Wild Ones 

The Wilderness Society 

World Wildlife Fund


Local and State Government Agencies

Iowa DNR 

Iowa DNR Air Quality Bureau 

Iowa DNR – Iowa State Preserves 

Iowa DNR Threatened and Endangered Species Program 

Iowa DNR Water Quality Bureau 

Polk County Conservation Board 

Warren County Conservation Board 


Federal Government Agencies 

U.S. Department of Agriculture NRCS - PLANTS Database 

U.S. EPA

U.S. EPA - Iowa Watershed

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered Species

U.S. Geological Survey - Iowa Water Science Center

U.S. Geological Survey - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center


Contact Your Government

The Iowa Legislature

Find Your U.S. Representative

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst 

Congress.gov - Committees of the U.S. Congress, track legislation, view the Congressional Record

The Whitehouse 


Academic and Research

GIS Research to Digitize Maps of Iowa 1832-1859 Vegetation - Iowa State University

The Iowa NatureMapping Program - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

The Iowa Water Center - Iowa State University

The Science of Tree Rings - The University of Tennessee

Society of Wetland Scientists