Hubbard Prairie and Meier Wildlife Refuge
Clip: Season 1 Episode 103 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Wade through the prairie grass at the Hubbard Prairie and Meier Wildlife Refuge.
Wade through the prairie grass at the Hubbard Prairie and Meier Wildlife Refuge.
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Hubbard Prairie and Meier Wildlife Refuge
Clip: Season 1 Episode 103 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Wade through the prairie grass at the Hubbard Prairie and Meier Wildlife Refuge.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[ Birds chirping ] Kohlsdorf: Further down the Jefferson Highway, west of Hubbard, tucked between the corn and beans, are two Hardin County parks preserving the natural beauty of Iowa.
Hubbard Prairie is a 48-acre native prairie.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] It's very unique in the diversity of prairie plants.
It's one of the best and last remnant prairies in Hardin County.
It has over 100 types of flowers.
Kohlsdorf: Visitors can wade through the prairie grass on a gravel trail that extends from Hubbard and comes to an end at the Meier Wildlife Refuge a little over a mile outside the city.
You can go out and stretch your legs, get a little walk in, and enjoy the wildflowers.
Kohlsdorf: The refuge sits on nearly 24 acres of land.
[ Birds chirping ] Carr: It's extremely peaceful.
You can see a lot of wildlife.
Even coming here this morning, it was just like... a breath of fresh air.
[ Music ends ] [ Birds chirping, insects buzzing ]
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