General Info

The mission of Prairie Rivers of Iowa is to promote community-based stewardship that will improve the quality of life of our citizens, preserve the ecological integrity of the land, and meet the economic aspirations of landowners and communities. We define conservation as the protection, management, and restoration of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social and economic utilization. Our Core Values We respect and elevate the integrity of the natural, historical and cultural resources in Iowa and advocate sustainability for present and future generations. Advocate: We support ecological and natural resource integrity by advancing sustainable stewardship practices. Partner: We engage and empower people and organizations with a diversity of skills and expertise to accomplish together more than we can do separately. Educate: We foster the environment by learning, and educating Iowans to activate and engage in cultivating an environment of conservation. Assessment: We support a consistency of actions and methods through ongoing assessment of our programs. Prairie Rivers of Iowa is an innovative and creative organization that acts and thinks proactively and addresses natural resources issues as they arise. Using good science and common sense, we continually focus on goals that will maximize results in support of our mission.