We are excited to welcome Sleepy Hollow to Polk County Conservation’s family of parks and trails! Sleepy Hollow is a 76-acre sports and family recreation complex located on the east side of Des Moines. Learn more!
UPDATE: 8/9/2021 | As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and adapt, Polk County Conservation continues to prioritize our employee’s health and public health...
With help from the Great Outdoors Foundation, you can now invest in the environment and feel good about your choices with Conservation Credits.
National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest single-day volunteer event for public lands. This celebration welcomes thousands of volunteers to help restore and improve public lands around the country.
This event and exhibition on September 25 & 26 at the Jester Park Nature Center will highlight 7 local artists as they create works outdoors around the nature center campus. During the event, artists will share their creative process with the public.
This event and exhibition on September 25 & 26 at the Jester Park Nature Center will highlight 7 local artists as they create works outdoors around the nature center campus. During the event, artists will share their creative process with the public.
Find volunteer programs, public programming, events, and more in our September - December Nature News! See what's going on in a PCC park or trail near you!
Join us on Saturday, October 2 from 5:15 a.m. to noon at the Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt Longhouse for the 13th Annual Mentored Youth Waterfowl Hunt!
Download your Controlled Bowhunt Application for 2021. The bowhunt is limited to antlerless deer only, and will take place from from September 18, 2021– January 30, 2022.
Come out and hike with Queer Hikers and Polk County Conservation on October 2nd to celebrate National Coming Out Day! Naturalist Heidi Anderson will lead our hike at Brown’s Woods, teaching us about Iowa’s natural resources.
UPDATE: August 5, 2021 | Oralabor Gateway Trail from Oralabor to NW 70th Street will be closed thru Fall 2021. This closure is due to the road widening of NW 26th project.
A nature journal is a place to write and draw about our ideas, feelings, and experiences in the outdoors. Take a short hike through nature and then receive your very own nature journal to write in!