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Urbandale resident asks council to rewild portion of Timberline East to tallgrass prairie

3681445 · June 4, 2025
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Summary

A Urbandale resident urged the City Council to convert part of Timberline East open space from turf lawn to native tallgrass prairie to improve flood resilience, habitat for pollinators and public access to native landscape.

Ian Fefczyk Robinson, a Urbandale resident, asked the City Council during the citizen forum to convert part of the Timberline East open space back to native tallgrass prairie to increase climate resilience and habitat for pollinators. "I stand before you to propose that we take a portion of that section and rewild it, turn it back into prairie," Robinson said, showing photographs of…

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