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Uniting land & sea in South Dakota

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Brent Duerre
Black Hills Butterfly

This interview originally aired on "In the Moment" on SDPB Radio.

Like many of the animals they host, the Great Plains Zoo and the Butterfly House & Aquarium, are undergoing a metamorphosis.

The new board of the Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium was announced at the end of January. CEO Becky Dewitz and COO Audrey Otto-Pepper explain the positive new changes coming with the merge in regional conservation.

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.
Ari Jungemann served as a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.

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