outdoor recreation

From outdoor activities like skating and sledding to warmer fun, the state is filled with opportunities to take advantage of during the snowy season.

Kevin Koch discusses his new book Midwest Bedrock: In Search For Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland. And the dean of fashion at Parsons School of Design discusses disability-led fashion projects

The Mann family in Marshall County has created a lasting legacy by transitioning the family farm to public land, restoring it to its native wetland ecosystem.

Millions of dollars in county conservation funding are at stake for some Iowa voters during the Nov. 5 general election.

The Iowa Arboretum and Gardens near Madrid in Boone County celebrated the opening of its $2 million Adele and Dean Bowden Treehouse Village Wednesday.

A long-anticipated connection between the Raccoon River Valley and High Trestle trails in central Iowa opens on Saturday, Aug. 17.

The Talk of Iowa team hops into a dugout canoe on Lake Darling to learn about Indigenous cultural practices. Plus, Project AWARE uses canoes to clean up Iowa waters.

Just two months after a tornado devastated parts of Greenfield, thousands of RAGBRAI riders stopped in the southwest Iowa town. On the way in, cyclists rode past homes destroyed by the May 21 tornado that killed four people and injured dozens.

Cyclists from across the county — and the world — are converging on Iowa this weekend for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, commonly known as RAGBRAI.

Tourism officials and businesses in the Iowa Great Lakes region are seeing lower crowds and revenues this season due to flooding that hit the area at end of June and into early July.