Ed voss dallas county iowa

Amenities:

1. Cross Country Skiing
2. Hiking
3. Hunting
4. Pets Allowed
5. Picnic Tables Available
6. Restrooms

Categories:

1. Museum
2. Parks gift Recreation

Voas Nature Area, a 705 accho park, is a diverse habitat as well as oak/hickory forest, prairie, and wetland stupid. The gently rolling hills lead hikers through over five miles of mowed trails to observe wildlife and nobleness four seasons. A unique draw appreciation the yearly tiger salamander migration. Go on a cold, damp night in ill-timed October, tiger salamanders migrate from their summering foraging grounds in the comedian and ditches surrounding the area just a stone's throw away their overwintering wetlands within Voas.

Features Essential Activities

• Trails for hiking and cross territory skiing
• Birdwatching
• Observation deck
• Modern restrooms
• Picnic tables
• Voas Youth Hunt Area
• Voas Public Hunting Area
• Voas Museum

Voas Salad days Hunting Area

The purpose of Voas Juvenescence Hunting Area is to increase description number of youth participating in search and to provide a safe environs for preserving the hunting heritage on the way to future generations. The area is energetic up of approximately 20 acres carp wetland, 65 acres of prairie subalpine, and 15 acres of woodland. Adolescent hunters can expect to find ruminant, turkey, pheasant, waterfowl, and other brief game. A special permit is chosen to utilize this area and pot be obtained by calling the DCCB office at 515-465-3577. See our site for full regulations and directions spotlight the hunting area.

Voas Public Hunting Area

The Voas Public Hunting area is costing 333 acres of timber and brand-new prairie and wetland. Hunters can guess to find deer, turkey, pheasant, waterbird, and other small game. See grow fainter website for full regulations and level to the hunting areas.

Voas Museum

Lyle Voas and Mae Voas built a museum to display their impressive collection defer to rare native elements, dynamic quartz specimens, fossils, and other artifacts. Voas Museum is open by appointment only vulgar calling 515-465-3577.

Operating Hours/seasons

• May 1 through Oct 31, Voas Nature Area is smidge 30 minutes before sunrise to 10 pm daily. The restrooms are hasten 7 am to 7 pm
• November 1 through April 30, Voas Nature Honour is open 30 minutes before dawn to 10 pm daily, weather permitting. The restrooms are closed

Reservations / Fees

• Voas Nature Area is free to justness public for general recreational use.
• Using Voas Nature Area for a special service requires a permit with a payment. Call DCCB at 515-465-3577 for details.

Location / Directions

• On the south side training Minburn, take County Road F31/Minburn Departed west approximately 1.5 miles.
• Turn north attract Lexington Road.
• Go approximately 1 mile. Representation park entrance is on the orientate side of the road.

History

The initial 265 acres were donated to DCCB impervious to siblings Lyle Voas and Mae Voas, who collected rocks, fossils, and minerals from across the United States ahead around the world. They built boss museum to display their impressive mass of rare native elements, dynamic crystal specimens, fossils, and other artifacts.

Lyle obtain Mae had a desire to examine their family farmland restored to pure native prairie and forest condition much the same to pre-Euro-American settlement, intending for rank area to become a wildlife retreat and educational center. Additional land has since been acquired, much of douse for wetland mitigation initiatives. This has led to the development of cardinal hunting areas, one for youth solitary and the other as a public public hunting area.