Osceola County Conservation Board

PRAIRIE PRESERVES

PRAIRIES ARE ONE OF IOWA'S FINEST FEATURES, ONCE COVERING VIRTUALLY ALL OF OSCEOLA COUNTY, THEY ARE NOW BECOMING ONE OF IOWA'S MOST SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES BUT, FORTUNATELY, OSCEOLA COUNTY HAS MANAGED TO PRESERVE SEVERAL OF THESE UNIQUE AREAS.  THESE PRAIRIES ARE A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS AS OVER 200 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF WILDFLOWERES TAKE THEIR TURN BLOOMING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

DOWNY GENTIAN AT WOLTER'S PRAIRIE