Generations Strong

    IOWA -- In 1993, four generations of the Petersen family gathered for the dedication of Vern and Wilmer Petersen Wildlife Management Area in Shelby County.
    Wilmer Petersen had donated an expanse of grassland and ponds in western Iowa to the state for wildlife and people to enjoy. His son, H. Rand Petersen, had encouraged Wilmer and assisted the donation. One of Wilmer’s youngest great-grandchildren handed the deed to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
    “Some seeds were planted that day,” Rand’s daughter Katherine (KAP) Linder reflected.
    The Petersens are just one of many families who have taken action across generations through Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) since the nonprofit conservation group was founded in 1979.

 
 

 

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