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Iowa researchers study environmental grief and butterfly decline
Longtime conservationist Matel narrates grief over wildlife loss as Iowa prairie habitat shrinks. Dennis Schlicht spent 55 years tracking the Dakota skipper, an endangered Iowa butterfly, whose decline mirrors broader habitat losses and a drop in grasslands. The species now faces irreversible trends and limited habitat across the state.
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Dennis Schlicht
Iowa
Minnesota
Schlicht
Xerces Society
Dakota
Plains States
Goose Pond
Linn
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette