Nature, Trails and Wild Edibles: Exploring Plymouth County Conservation

Plymouth County is connecting communities with the great outdoors and making nature accessible to all! In this episode of Sustainable Steps, Tami Koenigs and Jake Heller head to Hillview Recreation Area near Hinton, Iowa, to talk with naturalists Victoria DeVos and Morgan Sauer about conservation, community programs and the unique ways you can experience the local landscape. In this episode: Hillview's Hidden Playground: Everything the 300-plus-acre recreation area offers, from miles of hiking, horse and mountain biking trails to a 9-hole loop disc golf course, a fishing pond and winter tubing hills! Expanding Outreach: How Plymouth County Conservation uses everything from Ice Age artifact presentations and cabin escape rooms to school field trips and night hikes to get people of all ages outdoors. Wild Edibles & More: Creative community classes to turn nature into your pantry, featuring dandelion jelly, stinging nettle preparation, garlic mustard pesto and elderberry syrup. To learn more about upcoming public events, camping reservations or volunteer days at Hillview, check out the Plymouth County Conservation website or visit their official Facebook page. To learn more about the job training, placement and recycling programs offered by Goodwill of the Great Plains, please visit https://www.goodwillgreatplains.org. The Sustainable Steps Podcast is brought to us each week thanks to a generous grant from the Gilchrist Foundation.