Birdwatchers in the Lower Loess Hills in western Iowa may soon see a greater diversity of species. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources proposes a bird conservation area of nearly 90-thousand-acres. Such areas are created through a targeted effort on public and private lands to plant bird-friendly habitats. Bruce Ehresman is a wildlife diversity bird biologist for the D-N-R.

 

Ehresman says this proposed bird conservation area in western Iowa is ecologically diverse.

 

If approved, this conservation area would be Iowa’s 24th. Ehresman says it will contain the most bird species of all the conservation areas in the state.