Events Archive

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

The Private Well Stewardship Program is an educational program offered through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in which private well owners learn about the responsibilities and risks of being a private well owner and are connected to additional resources to manage their well. The main goal of the program is to encourage private well owners to test their water quality once per year. 

You can register by contacting Linda Cline in the Webster County Extension office: (515) 576-2119

Monday, April 14, 2025 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Join ISU Extension and Outreach Natural Resources Field Specialist, Gina Buelow, for a fun-filled program about mushroom foraging. Learn about what fungi are, how to identify mushrooms, and how you can forage safely and responsibly. Get ready to develop a new appreciation for the spectacular spore-bearing members of our ecosystem!

Register here

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

 Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Floyd and Mitchell County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, will host a wetland field day on Thursday, April 10, from 12-2 p.m. at the New Haven Mennonite Community Center near Osage. The event is offered at no cost to farmers and landowners and includes a complimentary meal.

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 8:14am

Join ISU Extension and Outreach Natural Resources Field Specialist, Gina Buelow, for a fun-filled program about safe mushroom foraging. Learn about what fungi are, how to identify mushrooms, and how you can forage safely and responsibly. Get ready to develop a new appreciation for the spectacular spore-bearing members of the ecosystem.

This is Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 6 p.m. at the Howard County Extension Office in Cresco at 132 1st Avenue West. To preregister call 563-547-3001 one week prior to class

 

Monday, April 7, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Join ISU Extension and Outreach Natural Resources Field Specialist, Gina Buelow, on April 7 for a fun-filled program about mushroom foraging. Learn about what fungi are, how to identify mushrooms, and how you can forage safely and responsibly. Get ready to develop a new appreciation for the spectacular spore-bearing members of our ecosystem!

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

The Private Well Stewardship Program is an educational program offered through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in which private well owners learn about the responsibilities and risks of being a private well owner and are connected to additional resources to manage their well. The main goal of the program is to encourage private well owners to test their water quality once per year. 

You can register by contacting Kristen Brinckin the Henry County Extension office: (319) 385-8126

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Don’t Be Fooled: Safe Spring Mushroom Foraging

Join us for a fun and informative class on spring mushrooms and their look-alikes! Learn how to safely identify morels, oysters, pheasant backs, inky caps, and velvet stems while exploring the biology and ecology of tasty mushrooms!

5 cash or check at the door

April 1 from 6:30–7:30 PM

Dubuque County Extension Office

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Join ISU Extension and Outreach Natural Resources Field Specialist, Gina Buelow, for a fun-filled program about mushroom foraging. Learn about what fungi are, how to identify mushrooms, and how you can forage safely and responsibly. Get ready to develop a new appreciation for the spectacular spore-bearing members of our ecosystem!

Held in Meeting Room A at the Bondurant Community Library 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

The Private Well Stewardship Program is an educational program offered through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in which private well owners learn about the responsibilities and risks of being a private well owner and are connected to additional resources to manage their well. The main goal of the program is to encourage private well owners to test their water quality once per year. 

You can register by contacting Stacie Hewett in the Buena Vista Extension office: (712) 732-5056. Or, Jen Gaydo in the Cherokee County Extension office: (712) 225-6196.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

The Private Well Stewardship Program is an educational program offered through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in which private well owners learn about the responsibilities and risks of being a private well owner and are connected to additional resources to manage their well. The main goal of the program is to encourage private well owners to test their water quality once per year. 

You can register by contacting Keith Baker in the Monona County Extension office: (712) 423-2175

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 6:30pm to Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 9:30pm

Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 52nd event, “Into the Wild: Safe Mushroom Foraging.” The event will be held on Wednesday, March 26 at Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street in Traer. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the presentation beginning at 7:00.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Iowa Learning Farms will host a series of monarch and pollinator habitat workshops in February and March. Farmers, landowners and urban residents are welcome to attend these free workshops that include a complimentary meal.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

 Iowa Learning Farms will host a series of monarch and pollinator habitat workshops in February and March. Farmers, landowners and urban residents are welcome to attend these free workshops that include a complimentary meal.

Saturday, March 1, 2025 - 9:00am to 4:30pm

The 2025 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference will be held March 1 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is co-led by Iowa State University, University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Services.

Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Conservation Learning Group and Warren County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host “Forestry On Tap,” Thursday, February 20th from 6-7 p.m. at West Hill Brewing Co. in Indianola (219 W Salem Indianola, IA 50125) with complimentary food and beverages available for purchase beginning at 5:30pm.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

This workshop is being hosted by Iowa Learning farms at Briggs Woods Conference Center in the Van Diest Supply Company Meeting Room: 2501 Briggs Woods Trail, Webster City, IA 50595 

To RSVP and find out more contact Iowa Learning Farms at: 515-294-5429 or ilf@iastate.edu

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

 Iowa Learning Farms will host a series of monarch and pollinator habitat workshops in February and March. Farmers, landowners and urban residents are welcome to attend these free workshops that include a complimentary meal.

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

 Iowa Learning Farms will host a series of monarch and pollinator habitat workshops in February and March. Farmers, landowners and urban residents are welcome to attend these free workshops that include a complimentary meal.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 12:00pm

A five-week lunch-and-learn webinar series starting in January will explore the innovative use of perennial groundcovers in corn and corn/soybean production systems as a cover crop. This series, sponsored by Iowa State University and RegenPCG, will be held on consecutive Tuesdays (Jan. 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4 and 11, 2025) from 12-1 p.m. CST.

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 - 12:00pm

The Iowa Learning Farms (ILF) conservation webinar taking place Jan. 8, at noon CST will feature Adam Janke, associate professor, Iowa State University. Janke is a trained wildlife biologist, having received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in wildlife conservation and ecology from three land-grant schools in the Midwest. He is also a Certified Wildlife Biologist through The Wildlife Society and is active in regional and national efforts for wildlife conservation and education.

Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Conservation Learning Group, will host “Forestry on Tap,” Thursday, Nov. 21, 6-7 p.m. at Limestone Brewers in Osage with complimentary food and beverages available for purchase beginning at 5:30 p.m. 

Click here for event flyer and details

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 6:00pm

Leaves are changing, landscape plants are senescing, and harvest is in full swing in Iowa. As the 2024 growing season ends, so does our busy season in the Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic (PIDC). Have you ever wondered what we see in a typical year at the Iowa State University PIDC? 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:00am to 2:00pm

The Women's Woodland Stewardship Network and Mahaska/Marion County Women, Land and Legacy invite you to enjoy a day of learning and socializing with women interested in woodlands and conservation. All women interested in woodlands are welcome! We will start the morning with group introductions and a discussion about forest stewardship. We will share lunch together and then spend the afternoon exploring the woods!

Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Join Maison Hubrig (Forestry Specialist, Iowa DNR) on 11/9 at Palisades Park in Decorah, IA for this free in-field forestry event!

This informal woods walk will cover a range of relevant woodland stewardship topics, with a special focus on invasive woodland plants

Event details and agenda at this link. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 9:30am to 3:30pm

Join us in Davis County on October 29th to celebrate the 2024 Iowa Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year!

This full-day forestry educational event offers an unmatched opportunity to network with forestry professionals and practitioners from across Iowa, as well as Iowa Tree Farm Program members, and fellow woodlands stewards and landowners. 

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