Young pheasants like to dry off along gravel roads on mornings with heavy dew. Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff use these mornings to count wildlife populations. (Photo courtesy of DNR)
Every August, for over half a century, Iowa Department of Natural Resource staff have set out along gravel roads at dawn, armed with a set of binoculars and, now, an interactive logging application,…
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