Date: 12/23/25 7:18 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] the reason for Not a Sighting, Habitat destruction at Big Creek State Park for cropland
This didn't make my Christmas jolly. A quarter to half mile of hedgerow torn out along NW Madrid Drive between the two NW 100th st accesses. Ironic there is their own sign at that location that reads "Habitat is Key" when they tear out habitat to turn it back to cropland. This was a very popular access and dog walking area at a parking lot. The naturalist manager is a young 25 year old that has no idea what she is doing and I've told her that. For years I've said Big Creek State Park will be the first Treeless state park in Iowa. And so it continues. I have no idea what they are thinking. It's sure not rational. It always used to be that edges were critical and they still are. Prairie and treeline edges are compatible but that's not what is being taught in college.
