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A look at Iowa's environment during the nation's founding

River to River by Iowa Public Radio

Jun 19, 202648:02News & Politics

Our nation is 250 — but 250 years ago, Iowa was a world apart. An ecologist takes us back to a yesteryear’s landscape of endless tallgrass prairie, bison, elk and whooping cranes, and explains why Iowa is now the most ec...

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A look at Iowa's environment during the nation's founding is an episode from River to River by Iowa Public Radio. Our nation is 250 — but 250 years ago, Iowa was a world apart. An ecologist takes us back to a yesteryear’s landscape of endle...

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Published Jun 19, 2026, 48:02 long, audio available.