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It was an early morning trip to Kossuth County for INHF president Joe McGovern, a drive he’d made many times during his tenure at the organization. He was headed to a property near Algona — Wildin Heritage Prairie — to lead a hike alongside Dr. Thomas Rosburg, an ecology and botany professor at Drake University. Dr. Rosburg had just concluded a second floristic inventory at the 80-acre remnant sedge meadow prairie, and it was the perfect time of year to share those results and showcase the prairie’s beauty in the height of bloom season. Today’s hike participants had been promised good views of small prairie potholes, unique plant communities and opportunities to see wildlife before the sun got high enough to remind everyone it was the peak of summer. Anxious to do a preliminary walk through and practice his talking points, Joe pulled up to the prairie well before the advertised start time. But an old farm truck was already backed into the field entrance — someone had beaten him there. It was Dave Wildin. Read more about Dave's visit on our blog: https://www.inhf.org/blog/blog/for-natures-stake/ (fb)