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I was just wondering if anyone knew of anywhere in central Iowa I could go to observe newts in the wild.
 
Hmm... curiouser and curiouser, this is the second person to post about observing in a midwestern state with no collection laws....
 
I do not want to capture any newts. I would just like to observe them and see what the natural environment is here. And there are some protected species in this area that I would love to get some pictures of.
 
I'm from Iowa too, and I have found some info on the Iowa Herpetology home page http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/amphibians.html concerning caudates.
Apparently out of the 5 spp. they list, only the small mouth and tiger salamanders are not endangered or threatened. I guess there are collecting laws on most of the amphibians in Iowa due to their status(probably historically due to our heavy draining of wetlands). I'm glad we do as I don't believe in collecting animals from the wild(not accusational). If you are interested in observing some I would suggest contacting a local Audubon society(http://www.wyalusing.org/BBAS.htm) as they generally aren't always about birds and give a great(free) opportunity to visit local wetlands. Hope this helps.
 
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