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Loess hills & Heritage Week

September 21-29, 2019
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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​
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