IWLA - Prairie Woods Chapter

05/08/2026

It's the opener this weekend...

05/07/2026

RIP Tera and thank you for all you did for conservation in the area.

View Tera Lea Guetter's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/04/2026

https://www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-lets-reconsider-allowing-massive-dairies-in-rural-minnesota/601798066?utm_source=gift

Great article in which our very own Willis Mattison is quoted: "retired MPCA regional director, Willis Mattison, now a science adviser to the Izaak Walton League, contended that the state agency’s own rules fail to protect water quality.

'The existing rules are not adequate,' he said."

Riverview LLP dominates Minnesota’s dairy industry. And now it wants to get bigger.

04/27/2026

Thanks to all our members who leant a hand out at Tamarac!

“I so appreciate that the whole refuge gets cleaned up and ready for wildlife as much as people. I feel like we are ready for spring migration to happen now,” Kelly Blackledge said.

04/16/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBAWVV31Pkg

Thanks Erika and Willis!

Enjoy an Earth Day Performance of Will Dilg April 22nd

04/14/2026

https://www.inforum.com/news/minnesota/written-out-of-history-performance-honoring-legacy-of-conservationist-coming-to-dl

Thanks to Kevin Wallevand and WDAY for the great coverage. Y'all are invited to attend Steven's program on 4/21 in Park Rapids or 4/22 in Detroit Lakes.

A Detroit Lakes Earth Day event next week, features a performance about Will Dilg, who helped found the Izaak Walton League and advance early U.S. conservation efforts.

04/12/2026

Here is the 2nd Will Dilg article written by Willis Mattison.

04/08/2026

https://www.tamaracfriends.org/event-details/charity-pint-night-2026

You're invited!

12/15/2025

See you all tonight @ 6pm for the program with Norah -

Norah Foreman, a Fergus Falls native and Montana State student, earned a national Izaak Walton League scholarship for her work in ecology and wildlife conservation.