Iowas Changing Wildlife

Author : James J. Dinsmore
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609389263
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Changing Wildlife written by James J. Dinsmore and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has changed with Iowa’s wildlife in the years 1990 to 2020. Some species such as Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, and others like sandhill crane, river otter, and trumpeter swan are becoming increasingly abundant. Iowa’s Changing Wildlife provides an up-to-date, scientifically based summary of changes in the distribution, status, conservation needs, and future prospects of about sixty species of Iowa’s birds and mammals whose populations have increased or decreased in the past three decades. Readers will learn more about familiar species, become acquainted with the status of less familiar species, and find out how many of the species around them have fared during this era of transformation.

Author : James J. Dinsmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Country So Full of Game written by James J. Dinsmore and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa has been changed more than, perhaps, any other state. We can mourn the disappearance of the bison and mountain lion while we marvel at the recent success of the wild turkey and white-tailed deer. Listening to James Dinsmore tell the story of wildlife in Iowa can open a window onto the future as other areas of our planet are increasingly altered by humans.

Author : James J. Dinsmore
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609389255
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Changing Wildlife written by James J. Dinsmore and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book tells the recent story of Iowa's wildlife from recovery and restoration to disappointing declines. During the pandemic, the number of visitors to state parks, wildlife areas, and other natural areas has increased greatly. For many, this is a new experience. This book will provide them with a reliable source of information about many of the animals that they are now seeing. Much has changed with Iowa's wildlife in the past 30 years. Some species like Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, and others like sandhill crane, river otter, and trumpeter swan are becoming increasingly abundant. The goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date, scientifically based summary of changes in the distribution, status, conservation needs, and future prospects of about 60 species of Iowa's birds and mammals whose populations have increased or decreased in the past 30 years. Emphasis is given to several species that have experienced significant growth, some that show signs that they may experience future growth, and a few whose long-term future in Iowa is in jeopardy. This book is not an update of James and Stephen Dinsmore's earlier book, A Country So Full of Game, which discussed Iowa's wildlife up to about 1990. This is an entirely new book, discussing what has happened in the years 1990-2020. For species covered in the earlier book, only a brief discussion of earlier years is provided to connect the new material to what happened earlier"--

Author : Iowa. Fish and Game Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3D/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa Wildlife Management and Research. Quarterly Progress Report written by Iowa. Fish and Game Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iowa Association of Naturalists
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa Wildlife Series written by Iowa Association of Naturalists and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cornelia F. Mutel
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587297477
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Horizon written by Cornelia F. Mutel and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole. Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today’s natural environment by understanding yesterday’s changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa’s modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa’s prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring native species and ecological processes as well as a broad variety of ways in which Iowans can reconnect with the natural world. Throughout, in addition to the many illustrations commissioned for this book, she offers careful scientific exposition, a strong sense of respect for the land, and encouragement to protect the future by learning from the past. The “emerald prairie” that “gleamed and shone to the horizon’s edge,” as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.

Author : Erika Billerbeck
Publisher : Bureau Oak Book
ISBN 13 : 1609387147
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wildland Sentinel written by Erika Billerbeck and published by Bureau Oak Book. This book was released on 2020 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wildland Sentinel, Erika Billerbeck takes readers along for the ride as she and her colleagues sift through poaching investigations, chase down sex offenders in state parks, search for fugitives in wildlife areas, haul drunk boaters to jail, perform body recoveries, and face the chaos that comes with disaster response.

Author : Wildlife Wildlife Forever
Publisher : Adventure Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781591930259
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critters of Iowa Pocket Guide written by Wildlife Wildlife Forever and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photos and desciptions of Iowa wildlife.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0H/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trends in Iowa Wildlife Populations and Harvest written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Harrison
Publisher : Touchstone
ISBN 13 : 9780671639723
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AMERICA'S FAVORITE BACKYARD WILDLIFE written by George Harrison and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1987-05-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, America's Favorite Backyard Wildlife is Kit and George Harrison's intimate look at the fascinating lives of your best-loved backyard neighbors. This illustrated volume offers backyard wildlife enthusiasts information on gray squirrels, tiger swallowtail butterflies, box turtles, eastern chipmunks, American toads, cottontail rabbits, opossums, raccoons, striped skunks, woodchucks, and songbirds.