Cedar Cliff Trail | Trail-in-a-Minute

Traverse newly reclaimed wetlands across the state. Row out into the Mississippi River Pools for a unique fishing opportunity. Record the natural sounds of Iowa’s Great Lakes region.

Next to prairie, wetlands were the most prodigious native Iowan environments. Today, some Iowans have taken it upon themselves to...

If you're fishing in Iowa chances are you're fishing on a river, and as far as rivers go, there's none bigger than the Mississippi. But even on 4th largest river in the world, the best fishing spots are actually its man-made pools.

Many of the more popular sights of Iowa have an unmistakable landscape. But a full experience is about much more than the sight, there's also the sound. Acoustic Ecology captures and studies these natural soundscapes to share, and at Iowa Lakeside Lab in Okoboji natural sounds are also closely studied.