Wildlife

What is wildlife?

This project is for all youth whether you live in the city, the country, or in between. Activities involve birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians and many environments. Learn skills like fishing, hunting, or taxidermy.

Wildlife is the plants and animals that live in and around your community. Some of the animals have learned to adapt or change because humans live so close to their homes, but others have moved or died because of humans. Without wildlife, we would not have a reason to go hiking. Without wildlife, this world would be pretty dull! We must all learn to take care of wildlife so it will be here for everyone to enjoy for a long, long time.

What projects or exhibits can I do about wildlife?

• Investigate the plants or animals that are native to your community. Do these animals and plants still live there? What may be some reasons that they are gone or are still there? Talk with an older member of the community to see what plants and animals were there when they were young. Create a book that tells everyone what you found.

Resources about wildlife

• Order publications or use the online ordering system

Iowa Environmental Issues Series (pdf)

• Iowa Habitat Loss and Disappearing Wildlife
• Iowa Air Pollution
• Iowa Water Pollution
• Agriculture Practices and the Environment
• People, Communities and Their Iowa Environment
• Energy in Iowa
• Iowa Waste Management
• Iowa's Spring Wildflowers
• Iowa's Summer and Fall Wildflowers
• Benefits and Dangers of Iowa Plants
• Iowa's Trees
• Seeds, Nuts, and Fruits of Iowa Plants
• Iowa's Mushrooms and Nonflowering plants
• Iowa's Shrubs and Trees

Iowa Wildlife and People Series (large pdf files, can be ordered)

• Iowa Wildlife Management
• Keeping Iowa Wildlife Wild
• Misconceptions about Iowa Wildlife
• State symbols of Iowa (order only)
• Iowa Food Webs and Other Relationships
• Natural cycles in Iowa
• Iowa Biodiversity
• Adapting to Iowa

Iowa Natural Resource Heritage Series (large pdf files, can be ordered)

• Changing Land use and Values (order only)
• Important Iowa Conservationists
• Iowa's Environment Laws (order only)
• Conservation Careers in Iowa (order only)

Links

• International Wolf Center--See the wolf cam!
• National Audubon Society
• Nature Mapping--What lives in my backyard?