Rolling Thunder Prairie

Discover Rolling Thunder Prairie in New Virginia

Rolling Thunder Prairie is a 282 acre wildlife management area purchased in three tracts. The original 122 acres was purchased in 1981, eighty acres was purchased in 1991 and a second eighty was purchased in 1992. All three purchases were made with assistance from the Wildlife Habitat Fund, a very competitive grant program financed by the Wildlife Habitat Fee, required with the purchase of an Iowa hunting license. A rolling area with a wooded creek, that area consists mainly of grasses and forbs. It is used extensively by a variety of upland and woodland species. The two hundred acres on the west side of 80th Avenue have never been plowed and contain high quality native prairie vegetation.