Mark C Ackelson

Mark C. Ackelson joined the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) as one of its original staff members in 1980 and has served as its president since 1994. This private, nonprofit conservation organization has helped conserve over 100,000 acres of Iowa's prairies, wetlands, woodlands, watersheds and trail corridors since it's founding in 1979. While at INHF, Mark helped found the Upper Mississippi River Blufflands Alliance, Iowa Environmental Council and Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Alliance/ He currently chairs the 10-state Mississippi River Trail initiative.