The visitor center at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge near Prairie City is set to be downsized following storm damage in 2024, according to a draft federal planning document. Why it matters: The ...

JASPER COUNTY, Iowa—The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is working to restore its damaged visitor center, though budget concerns are causing challenges. Since 1990, the Neal Smith National ...

The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City shared plans to reopen its visitor center, which has been closed for nearly two years due to major damage caused by a severe hailstorm. It's ...

The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is looking for citizen feedback as it evaluates what programs are available to the ...

The refuge had to close it's visitor center's doors after a hail storm in July 2024. Yep, I'm wearing the same iconic, tummy-taming brand my mother wore in the '70s — and loving every minute of it.

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge downsizing after 2024 storms ...

Over the last 35 years, more than 6,000 acres of native tallgrass prairie, oak savanna and sedge meadow have been gingerly restored for visitors, school kids and researchers about 30 minutes east of ...

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge unveils plans for $7 million rebuild ...

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City was named the best national wildlife refuge to visit in America. That’s according to a new USA TODAY 10Best list, released on March 13, in which a ...

As our car slowly crested a prairie-clad ridge, a willow row appeared in the creek bottom below us. Something nearly hidden in the tangled branches caught our eyes: ears! Big ears poked upward above ...

NOW. WELL, STORMS HAVE REALLY HIT THE STATE HARD THIS YEAR. TONIGHT RESIDENTS ARE IN CLEANUP MODE ONCE AGAIN AFTER A ROUND OF STRONG WINDS, LIGHTNING, HAIL AND RAIN SLAMMED CENTRAL IOWA LAST NIGHT ...