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Is Iowa's drought leaving us short of fall colors?

Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe

Fall color is peaking right now in northern Iowa according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, right on schedule for the season. On this Horticulture Day episode of Talk of Iowa, Iowa Department of Natural Resources forester Mark Vitosh joins the program to discuss what makes for a great showing of fall colors, and how Iowans can identify where their trees are in the colorful process.

Then, ISU horticulturist Aaron Steil joins the program to answer listeners' questions.

Guests:

  • Mark Vitosh, forester, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • Aaron Steil, horticulture specialist, ISU Extension and Outreach
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Talk of Iowa Hort DayHorticultureGardeningSeasons
Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa
Samantha McIntosh is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio. Prior to IPR, Samantha worked as a reporter for radio stations in southeast and west central Iowa under M&H Broadcasting, and before that she was a weekend music host for GO 96.3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.