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BUSINESS RECORD: Great Outdoors Foundation, Microsoft invest in water quality initiatives at Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary
March 25, 2026The Great Outdoors Foundation has announced a joint investment with Microsoft to support stormwater wetland and prairie restoration efforts at the Legacy [...]
RELEASE: Great Outdoors Foundation, Microsoft Invest in Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary Stormwater Wetland & Prairie Restoration
March 23, 2026DES MOINES, IA (March 23, 2026) – The Great Outdoors Foundation (GOF) is pleased to announce a joint investment with Microsoft in [...]
2025 Annual Report: A Year in Review
March 23, 2026In 2025, the Great Outdoors Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary. A year full of both accomplished moments and new challenges to meet, [...]
BUSINESS RECORD: Registration open for summer water quality conference
February 26, 2026The Great Outdoors Foundation has announced registration is now open for Athene Watershed26, a two-day summit hosted to address water quality challenges [...]
RELEASE: Registration Open for Athene Watershed26
February 19, 2026Great Outdoors Foundation to host cross-sector water quality summit convening stakeholders at the intersection of agriculture and conservation. DES MOINES, IA (Feb. [...]
Meet our New Creative Conservationists
February 16, 2026The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to welcome two new staff members to our team of Creative Conservationists. Read on to learn [...]
KCCI: Polk County Expands Wetlands Effort to Tackle Water Quality Concerns
February 3, 2026Most people think of Polk County as being the bustling Des Moines metro with downtown and the surrounding suburbs. But some areas [...]
Des Moines Register: Polk County Gets Funding for 5 Wetlands to Improve Water Quality
January 29, 2026Polk County is adding five new wetland habitats to its collection of more than a dozen in an effort to improve water [...]
2026 Conservation Acceleration Fund (CAF) Projects: A Look Ahead
January 15, 2026The Conservation Acceleration Fund (CAF) was established in 2023 to accelerate the pace and progress of our region’s conservation. Historically, a lack [...]
BUSINESS RECORD: 2026 Trends to Watch
January 6, 2026As Central Iowa leaders are required to assess issues and opportunities, both new and existing, at an increasingly quick pace, the Business [...]
BUSINESS RECORD: Meta Invests in $1M Great Outdoors Foundation Initiative
December 10, 2025The Great Outdoors Foundation announced that Meta has invested $240,000 into its Conservation Acceleration Fund for a nature-based water infrastructure initiative designed to improve [...]
2025 Year in Review
December 10, 2025The past year was the Great Outdoors Foundation’s 30th anniversary, and it was a big year of advancing conservation through collaboration, innovation, [...]
