• Date: August 23, 2022
  Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  Location: Five Ridge Prairie
  Westfield, IA 51062

Victoria DeVos, Naturalist with the Plymouth County Conservation Office, will
lead a Walk & Talk (less than one mile) on an unpaved trail from the parking area off
Hwy 12 up to a cabin atop a hill overlooking the Big Sioux.
Where: Five Ridge Prairie – entrance off Hwy 12, 7 miles south of Westfield, IA
51062
Learn about the 964 acre Five Ridge Prairie, a dedicated state preserve in western
Plymouth County, exemplifies the northern loess bluffs of western Iowa with a mixture of oak
timbered valleys, native prairie ridge tops and west facing slopes. This unique loess landform
site is home to several state threatened and endangered plant and animal species.
Event amenities: NO RESTROOM FACILITIES AVAILABLE ONSITE.
This hike is co-sponsored by: Iowa Prairie Network and NW Greater Sierra Club

This event is free and open to the public.

To participate (or for more information) call, text or email Leesa McNeil:
Leesa.McNeil@gmail.com or 712-253-2412

(Leesa will contact individuals that connect with her in advance if the event is cancelled

owing to unsuitable weather.)