Home Credits

technical and production staff

Marcy M. Seavey, Iowa Academy of Science, Principal Investigator and Activity Development
Craig Johnson, Iowa Academy of Science, Managing Editor
David O'Shields, New Light Media, Project Producer
Trevor Hendrickson, theWEBcentric, Website Developer and Designer, Consultant
Dante Means, University of Northern Iowa - Production House, Recording Engineer, Mixing and Editing
Al Shears, Mixing and Editing, Mastering
Calvin Johannes, University of Northern Iowa - Production House, Recording Engineer

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Executive Director, Craig Johnson
Program Director, Marcy Seavey
Office Manager, Toni Arends
Student Assistants, Emily Schafer and Vicki Arieux

special thanks

Special Thanks to Iowa's National Wildlife Refuge Staff who assisted the writing teams in development of scripts, including: Rebecca Esser, Iowa Wetland Management Disctrict and Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge; Don Hultman, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge; Sue McDonald, Desoto National Wildlife Refuge; Tom Cox, Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge; Don Hultman, Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge; Nancy Gilbertson, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for its support of the project.

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narrators and authors

Series Host
Rod Philp, Academy Member

Desoto National Wildlife Refuge
De Anna Tibben, Earth Science Teacher at Ames High School
William R. Clark, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Iowa State University

Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
Lynn Brant, Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of Northern Iowa
Chad Heinzel, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences and Science Education, University of Northern Iowa

Iowa Wetland Management District
Carol Boyce, Teacher of the Gifted, Waterloo Community Schools
Marcy Seavey, Program Director, Iowa Academy of Science

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Tom Fenton, Professor Emeritus in Agronomy, Iowa State University
Jim Pease, Iowa State University Extention Wildlife Specialist
Kathy McKee, Science and Environmental Education Consultant, Iowa Department of Education

Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
Jan S. Wielert, Science Content Specialist, Pearson
Neil Bernstein, Professor of Biology, Mount Mercy College
Matt McAndrew, Waste Water Operator, CH2M HILL OMI

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Mark L. Anderson, Project Archeologist, Office of the State Archeologist, University of Iowa
Rick Lampe, Ecology Professor, Buena Vista University
Jane Shuttleworth, Executive Director, Friends of Lakeside Lab

Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge
Theresa Theis, Science Teacher, Marshalltown High School
Jim Pease, Iowa State University Extention Wildlife Specialist
Carol Schutte, Biology Instructor, North Iowa Area Community College