The Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas will host three field day trainings this month for people interested in helping track and conserve native bees, which have experienced steep population declines in recent decades. The Xerces Society and the Iowa Department of Natural...
Volunteers are needed across Iowa to help the state DNR survey the health of our bumble bee populations. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife biologist with the agency, says Iowa’s taking part in what’s known as the Bumble Bee Atlas, a national survey collecting...
As Iowans prepare their state tax returns, they’re reminded to remember the Fish and Wildlife Fund on Line 21 of Form 10-40, what’s also known as the Chickadee Check-off. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural...
