If you’re looking for a new birding mode, consider checking out the variety of Birding Trails threading across North America. Most states promote at least one birding trail, and each birding trail features a diversity of birding sites connected by bird-rich drives. Stretching along highways and backroads, birding trails offer birders and eco-tourists grand opportunities to explore diverse habitats near home and in distant places — state by state.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 19, 2019) — A coalition of two dozen environmental and conservation organizations and more than 100 Iowans will assemble at the Iowa State Capitol on Thursday, March 21, to call on legislators to support sustainable funding for Iowa's environment this legislative session.