Great Outdoors Foundation
The Great Outdoors Foundation is Central Iowa’s pathway to sustainable, healthy environments. We are a regional conservation leader and a catalyst for high impact environmental projects. We convene partners with a shared vision, drive collaboration and raise funds and awareness.
Our priority initiatives expand and restore natural spaces, foster outdoor recreation, promote conservation and build passion for nature. We connect people of all ages and backgrounds to nature by collaborating with other organizations who share a common vision of healthy environments that provide a variety of outdoor recreation and education opportunities.
Best of 2025: Water Quality
Conservation Acceleration Fund Impact Update
Maximizing Partnerships to Advance Conservation
Environmental Conservation with ICON Water Trails
Environmental Conservation with ICON Water Trails
Next Gen Conservation & Agriculture
Integrating Conservation & Agriculture
Impact, Intentional, and Planned Giving: Redefining Philanthropy
Central Iowa Water Ecology
Planned Giving with the Great Outdoors Foundation
Creative Funding for Conservation & Recreation Part II
Creative Funding for Conservation & Recreation Part I
Wild Prairie Showdown Competitors Part II
Wild Prairie Showdown Competitors Part I
Farmer & Landowner Conservation Perspectives
Conservation & Agriculture
Conservation Financing
Molly "Ms. Drizzle" Hanson - 2025 Wild Prairie Showdown
Jonny "Mountain Man" Kallen - 2025 Wild Prairie Showdown
Creative Problem Solving
2025 Wild Prairie Showdown
The Conservation Acceleration Fund
Central Iowa Water Quality Data & Research
Part III | Great Outdoors Foundation: Past, Present, Future.
Part II | Great Outdoors Foundation: Past, Present, Future
Part I | Great Outdoors Foundation: Past, Present, Future
The Happy Disruptors Podcast
Rebrand & Anniversary Launch
Odin “Protector of Midgard” McAnelly
Rene “The Trailblazer” Martinez