Where to find your dose of nature
- List of Iowa’s State Parks, State Forests, Wildlife areas, etc.: www.stateparks.com/ia.html
- List of Iowa’s County Parks: www.mycountyparks.com
- Trail Finder: www.inhf.org/iowa-trails.cfm
- Finding Iowa’s Water Trails: www.iowadnr.gov/Recreation/CanoeingKayaking/WaterTrails/WaterTrailMapsBrochures.aspx
- Central Iowa Paddlers: www.paddleiowa.org
- www.PaddlingIowa.com
- Trails Across the US: www.AmericanTrails.org
- Iowa Outdoors 6 Part Series: www.iptv.org/iowaoutdoors
Learn more about Vitamin N, Park Prescriptions, and Nature-Deficit Disorder
- www.richardlouv.com/blog/Ten-Reasons-Why-Children-and-Adults-Need-Vitamin-N/
- The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv, 2011
- www.americantrails.org/resources/health/Park-Prescriptions-Health-Great-Outdoors.html
- Children and Nature Network: www.childrenandnature.org
Conservation organizations (offering education and resources)
- Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies: www.fishwildlife.org
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources: www.iowadnr.gov
- Iowa Parks Foundation: www.iaparks.org
- Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation: www.inhf.org