Wolves, Neonicitinoids, and Third Thursday Cafe
Originally broadcast 03/14/2016
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Last December, two wolves in different parts of the state were mistaken for coyotes and shot; Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer explains why the shooters were not charged. Then, Matt O’Neal of ISU’s Entomology Department follows up on a PFI neonicitinoid webinar with research findings that neonic coatings on soybean seeds are not that useful in Iowa, as their effect wears off before aphids peak. Leanne Harter, Story County Outreach, shares a few laughs with us about taxes, floods, and zoning (and check out the county’s Beacon website!). Then, we preview Thursday’s musical event at KHOI with Shoegaze music and conversation with DJ Steve Weiler (“Little Hits”, Tuesdays at 10:00 PM), musicians Bryon Dudley and Rachel Dudley of Liana, and Third Thursday Café producer Ron Carson.
Lyndsay Nissen, Ames native, artist, and visionary community builder, bought the empty building formerly called the Doughboy grain elevator in the western section of Ames that used to be the town of Ontario (annexed by Ames in 1962). She is turning the building into the 
We took a road trip to the past of our area, starting with Charles Irwin, associate professor of history at DMACC, Boone campus, telling us about Carl Fritz Henning, the man responsible for the campaign to identify the Ledges as a state park. We heard reminisces from his grandson Vernon Condon about the zoo at the Ledges. Mark Edwards, a Boone resident retired from the DNR, recalled experiences from living in the Boone River Valley. We were joined by David Gradwohl, professor emeritus of Anthropology at ISU who talked about archaeological digs at the Ledges, Moingona and Buxton. Our guide through the history of Moingona was Janie Smith. Jim Keegel joined us by phone to tell us about the current tours of the Buxton Historic Site, which is on his land in Monroe County.