Which wildlife species are thriving in Iowa?

By Charity Nebbe,

Samantha McIntosh

Published September 12, 2024 at 7:00 AM CDT

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Canada geese, white-tailed deer, wild turkey - these are all species that were once rare in Iowa, but now are seemingly everywhere.

Some wild species that have made remarkable comebacks in recent years, while others that have struggled.

Father and son ecologists James and Stephen Dinsmore chronicle these comebacks and setbacks in their book Iowa's Changing Wildlife: Three Decades of Gain and Loss.

This episode was originally produced in April 2024.

Guests:

James Dinsmore, professor emeritus of animal ecology, Iowa State University
Stephen Dinsmore, professor and chair of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University.

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Charity Nebbe

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa

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Samantha McIntosh

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.

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Which wildlife species are thriving in Iowa?

Canada geese, white-tailed deer, wild turkey - these are all species that were once rare in Iowa, but now are seemingly everywhere.

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