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Iowa's Disappearing Prairie Species
Iowa greeted the earliest European settlers with a vast 30-million-acre sea of tallgrass prairie interspersed with woodlands and wetlands. Today, less than one percent of this original prairie remains... Read More

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View All StoriesThe Topeka Shiner in Iowa
What started out as just an idea with a few skeptical landowners in the early 2000s has now turned into a true success story. Blending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Partners ...Read More
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Helping the Endangered Interior Least Tern
Dams, reservoirs, and other changes to river systems have eliminated most historic least tern habitat. The wide channels dotted with sandbars that are preferred by the terns have been replaced by narrow forested river corridors. More »

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June 4, 2020