Upcoming Events

2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit promotional image

2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit

Wednesday, September 17 to Friday, September 19, 2025 (all day)
Community Choice Convention Center
Join us at the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference for three days of learning, connection, and conversation with city leaders from across the state. Be sure to stop by the IIHR booth to learn more about our work and say hello! Don't miss a compelling talk featuring IIHR Director and Iowa Flood Center Co-founder Larry Weber and Kevin Robinson from the city of Spencer as they share insights from one of Iowa’s most significant recent flood events, detailed below.Title2024 Flood in Northwest...
2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit promotional image

2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit

Thursday, September 18 to Friday, September 19, 2025 (all day)
Community Choice Convention Center
Join us at the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference for three days of learning, connection, and conversation with city leaders from across the state. Be sure to stop by the IIHR booth to learn more about our work and say hello! Don't miss a compelling talk featuring IIHR Director and Iowa Flood Center Co-founder Larry Weber and Kevin Robinson from the city of Spencer as they share insights from one of Iowa’s most significant recent flood events, detailed below.Title2024 Flood in Northwest...
2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit promotional image

2025 Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and Exhibit

Friday, September 19, 2025 (all day)
Community Choice Convention Center
Join us at the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference for three days of learning, connection, and conversation with city leaders from across the state. Be sure to stop by the IIHR booth to learn more about our work and say hello! Don't miss a compelling talk featuring IIHR Director and Iowa Flood Center Co-founder Larry Weber and Kevin Robinson from the city of Spencer as they share insights from one of Iowa’s most significant recent flood events, detailed below.Title2024 Flood in Northwest...
Barred Owls, Spotted Owls, and Ethics in Wildlife Management promotional image

Barred Owls, Spotted Owls, and Ethics in Wildlife Management

Thursday, September 25, 2025 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan where it would kill up to half a million federally-protected barred owls in the Pacific Northwest over the next thirty years. The government says that this action is necessary to help ESA-listed northern spotted owls and soon-to-be-listed California spotted owls. But is this justice for spotted owls? Animal activists and attorneys, including members of the panel, believe the government is unfairly scapegoating barred owls for the human-caused...