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Introduction Information about the butterfly
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poweshiek, Legacy butterfly Legacy
of Chief Poweshiek
H.W. Parker's writings Von Blixum's Heroic Experiment
Iowa's
biological diversity
The Poweshiek Skipper Project Goals
of the project
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Mammals Mammals are a well studied group in Iowa.
Unfortunately, many of the large, charismatic animals that are a part of
this group are gone--extirpated from Iowa. Bison, elk, black bears, gray wolves, mountain lions, and moose are all effectively extirpated from Iowa, at least in the wild. We do get reports of bobcats, mountain lions, and black bears wondering into Iowa, usually from the wild although sometimes from captivity. Oftentimes someone kills these vagrants out of fear. I have seen a list of the mammals of Iowa from the Iowa Gap Analysis program. That list included 81 species. The link for that site is: http://www.gis.iastate.edu/gap/ Woodchucks, (Marmota monax), are found all over Iowa. This one happened to be at Maquokata Caves State Park. Due to their
large size mammals have generally gotten a fairly good amount of
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