NFWF Grant Profile

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation will continue and expand the restoration work begun under phase 1 and 2 of the Iowa Butterfly Flyway project by coordinating a series of restoration projects in central Iowa. The project will establish 500 acres of monarch habitat in the Wetland Management District and along the I-380 corridor by planting diverse native prairie species including milkweed and nectaring species. Habitat management will include removal of undesirable species, mowing and prescribed fire.