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magazine articles about the Loess Hills:  Iowa Conservationist | The Iowan | Sierra

About the Upper Midwest’s Loess Hills:

Do you know about Western Iowa’s Loess Hills? You can see them at:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/info/loess/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loess_Hills

http://www.loesshillstours.com/geology.html

http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/loess/loess.htm 

http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/land/loess_hills/loess_hills.cfm

http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2187/stories/47041

http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2187/photos.html 

They are a rare, fragile chain of up-to-20-stories-high hills along Iowa's entire stretch of the Missouri River Valley. They also are an excellent "case study" of human impact on the planet/our environment, and an outdoor classroom, where present and future generations might come together to ponder possible future.

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