Loess Hills & Heritage Week will be held September 21-29, 2019. The Loess Hills and Heritage Week will showcase the unique geological, topographical, archaeological, and other distinct aspects of the Loess Hills, including their special plants, animals and history. A full listing of events is below.
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Saturday, September 21

• Embrace the Hills bike ride - 8a-5p, Mondamin area
• Monarch Tagging - Hitchcock Nature Center, four sessions during the day
• Living Loess Tour - multiple locations in Loess Hills, 10a-4p
• Southwest Iowa Art Tour - multiple locations in Loess Hills, 10a-5p
• Walnut Antique Fall Festival - Walnut, all day 
• Hitchcock Oak Inventory Project - Hitchcock Nature Center, 12-4p
• Avoca Main Street Longest Table Dinner - Avoca, 5-8p
• Nature Calls! - Sioux City, 6-10p

Sunday, September 22

• Southwest Iowa Art Tour - multiple locations in Loess Hills, 10a-5p
• Walnut Antique Fall Festival - Walnut, all day 

Tuesday, September 24

• Prairie Seed Harvest - Old Town Conservation Area - rural Missouri Valley, 6-730p

Thursday, September 26 

• 10th Annual Seed 'n Feed - Plymouth County, 330-7p
• Prairie Seed Harvest - Caddy Property - rural Moorhead, 6-730p
• ​Hitchcock Nature Center Insect Club Meeting - Hitchcock Nature Center, 5-730p

Saturday, September 28 

• National Public Lands Day - public lands throughout the Loess Hills, all day
• Woodbine Applefest - Woodbine, 7a-4p
• Loess Hills State Forest Work Day - Pisgah, 9a-1p
• Lake Manawa State Park Volunteer Day - Council Bluffs, 10a-1p
• Stone State Park Volunteer Day - Sioux City, 10a-noon
• Waubonsie State Park Volunteer Day - Hamburg, 10a-noon
• Loess Hills Music Festival - Blackburn Green Hollow Center, Thurman, 1-830p
• Pawpaw Festival - Blackburn Green Hollow Center, Thurman, 5-8p​