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Originally broadcast 11/15/2017
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In response to a report from the Department of Natural Resources saying a larger than expected number of Monarch butterflies had landed in their winter home in Mexico, nature reporter Pat Schlarbaum talked with Steven Bradbury from the about the Monarch Conservation Consortium about the decline in Monarch butterflies in recent years and efforts to reverse it by farmers and landowners.  Jessie Lowry, conservation director at the Blank Park Zoo, told us about the Plant, Grow, Fly gardens to feed Monarch Butterflies on their migration.

Originally broadcast 11/10/2017
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Dennis Hart, bringing us our weekly news summary drawn from  local papers, gave us an intense report of local as well as Ames elections.  For Veterans Day we had an interview between Dennis Maulsby and Maggie Westvold including readings from his new award winning book Free Fire Zone.  Our Live Green report from Merry Rankin included Autumn Redlong founder of Food Recovery Network and the organizations faculty sponsor Laura Merrick.

Originally broadcast 11/06/2017
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Judy Trumpy, representing the League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County, came in to tell us what we need to know to get to the right place to vote tomorrow.  To answer questions about locations go online to the Iowa Secretary of State.  Or call the Story County Auditor at 515-282-7210.  Marlene Ehresman, executive director of the Iowa Wildlife Center, was on hand to tell us about the work of the center   heard from Sarvinder Neberhaus about her forthcoming children's book, Blue Sky White Stars, a book described as "Phenomenal.  A love letter to the country America can still be."