Iowa's trumpeter swan population continues to climb, DNR calls growth 'success story'

Iowa trumpeter swans attempted a modern-day record 158 nests in 2025, which the DNR said was a 17% increase since 2022. The department used data from the most recent survey completion, which took ...
The Saratogian

DEC Bird In Focus: Trumpeter Swan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bird in Focus is the Trumpeter Swan. The Trumpeter Swan is the ...
The Mining Journal

What’s Flying: Let’s see what the new year brings

It’s not an end, it’s not a beginning, just a continuum of wonder and surprises birds provide each year.” – Anonymous With ...
West Newsmagazine

Conservation Corner: A trumpeter’s riff

You arrive at the venue, greeted not by clouds of smoke, but puffs of cumulus floating high on a ceiling of blue. The tables ...
Western Iowa Today 96.5 KSOM KS 95.7

Icon of the wetlands, Iowa’s trumpeter swan population continues to grow

Iowa swans, along with swans from Minnesota and Wisconsin, are part of the interior population of trumpeter swans. Some of ...
KIMT News 3

Iowa's swan revival: record 158 nests mark conservation success

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's trumpeter swans have set a modern-day record with 158 nests in 2025, marking a 17 percent increase ...