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BUILD A WILDLIFE AREA - Iowa

Quail Forever and Pheasants Forever completed its first successful Build a Wildlife Area project in Iowa in 2008. Since then, the Build a Wildlife Area program in Iowa has resulted in over 3,000 acres that have been opened to public hunting and outdoor recreation.
 

Accomplishments

Year       Acres     Area
2011    157 Addition to the Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve, Plymouth County
2011 171 Jennet Heritage Area, Story County
2011 110 Lundberg Property, Pocahontas County
2010 280 R. T. Reese Homested Addition to the Davis Wetland/Turin WMA, Monona County
2010 305 Takes Property Addition to the Buffalo Creek WMA, Delaware County
2010 897 Mississippi River Emergent Wetland, Lee County
2009 124 Addition to the Muskrat Slough WMA, Jones County
2009 341 Romeo Tract Addition to the Old Town Conservation Area, Harrison County
2009 160 Ringneck Marsh, Clinton County
2008 152 Cortright Wildlife Area, Buchanan County
2008 160 Ocheyedan River Wildlife Area, Clay County
2008 123 Mehus Property Addition to the Christianson-Taylor Wildlife Area, Worth County
2008   61 Boersma Wildlife Area, Lyon County
 
Iowa ranks near the bottom among states in public land ownership, so Pheasants Forever land acquisition projects there carry extra significance.

PROGRAM CONTACTS:

For more information on the Build a Wildlife Area program in Iowa, contact Eric Sytsma, Quail Forever and Pheasants Forever's regional representative for southern Iowa, at (515) 423-4747 / esytsma@pheasantsforever.org.
 
For Build a Wildlife Area sponsorship opportunities, contact Joe Duggan, Quail Forever and Pheasants Forever's vice president of corporate relations, at (651) 209-4930 / jduggan@pheasantsforever.org.
 

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