‘Conservation success story:’ Iowa’s trumpeter swan population continues to grow thanks to restoration efforts

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s trumpeter swan population had nearly 160 nests in 2025, a modern-day record the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says is indicative of a conservation success story. Trumpeter swans are native to Iowa and were once as widely seen as Canada geese but by the 1880s were extirpated from the state. […]

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