The interactive map, Utt said, is one step closer to ... to develop recommendations to increase accessibility to Iowa’s state parks. The ceremony was at Big Creek State Park near Polk City ...

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) is working with the University of Iowa to map accessibility at parks, trails, museums, and other cultural destinations across the state.

IOWA’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND HIKE THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR ON JANUARY 1ST. MORE THAN 40 STATE PARKS AND FORESTS WILL OFFER GUIDED OR SELF-LED HIKES.