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Wiese Slough Wildlife Area

Wiese Slough Wildlife Area

  • 9/10/2024 12:20:00 PM
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Wiese Slough is one of those places where the locals go when they need to get their outdoors “fix.”
Save the Date: Statewide Volunteer Day is Sept. 28

Save the Date: Statewide Volunteer Day is Sept. 28

  • 9/10/2024 12:19:00 PM
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Iowa state parks have set Saturday, Sept. 28, as annual Volunteer Day, when Iowans are invited to lend a hand at several state parks and forests hosting volunteer events. Join park staff to help care for Iowa’s natural areas, freshen up campgrounds and facilities, and spend time outdoors.
Habitat variety attracts birds and birders to Iowa River Bird Conservation Area

Habitat variety attracts birds and birders to Iowa River Bird Conservation Area

  • 9/10/2024 12:17:00 PM
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Driving slowly along the two-track, generously labeled “340th Street” by Google Maps, Anna Buckardt Thomas has her windows down and is identifying each bird by its call. “House wren, red-winged blackbird, killdeer, goldfinch, catbird, flicker, cardinal, Eurasian tree sparrow, common yellowthroat,” the state avian ecologist said.
Natural Resource Commission to Sept. 11 in Leland

Natural Resource Commission to Sept. 11 in Leland

  • 9/5/2024 8:58:00 AM
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Leland, Iowa– The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will meet at 10 a.m., Sept. 11, in the Hanson Nature Center, 41600 Hwy. 69, in Leland.
Discounted trees available at distribution events this fall

Discounted trees available at distribution events this fall

  • 9/3/2024 12:00:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through a partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is offering large shade trees, low-growing ornamental and fruit trees, and evergreen tree species at discounted prices.
DNR enforcement actions, published 08/29/2024

DNR enforcement actions, published 08/29/2024

  • 8/29/2024 12:30:00 PM
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DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws.
Radio tagged Iowa birds part of international migration survey

Radio tagged Iowa birds part of international migration survey

  • 8/27/2024 3:00:00 PM
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Anna Buckardt Thomas was crouched behind a tree about 20 paces off trail at Brown’s Woods county park, watching a mist net while playing a recording of a male wood thrush on a loop hoping to elicit a response.
Two popular state parks to host centennial celebrations this fall

Two popular state parks to host centennial celebrations this fall

  • 8/27/2024 11:51:00 AM
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2024 marks the 100th anniversary of both Pilot Knob State Park, Forest City, and Ledges State Park, Boone. Local community organizations are hosting September celebrations at each park to commemorate these special milestones.
DNR enforcement actions, published 08/22/2024

DNR enforcement actions, published 08/22/2024

  • 8/22/2024 2:56:00 PM
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DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws.
Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 31

Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 31

  • 8/20/2024 3:41:00 PM
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The good news for Iowa’s cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa has an abundant rabbit population, with the southern half of the state seeing the best overall numbers.
Iowa’s statewide teal only season begins Sept. 1

Iowa’s statewide teal only season begins Sept. 1

  • 8/20/2024 3:39:00 PM
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“Teal are often abundant this time of year and not wary, they will come in to decoys and be accessible to hunters,” said Orrin Jones, state waterfowl biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

  • 8/20/2024 3:34:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.
Four-year project to improve Silver Lake entering final phase

Four-year project to improve Silver Lake entering final phase

  • 8/20/2024 3:32:00 PM
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A four-year shoreline restoration project at Silver Lake, in Dickinson County, is entering its final phase, where contractors will continue clearing the honeysuckle, Chinese elm and autumn olive understory next to the lake, then replace it with native prairie to keep the soil in place.  
2023 saw Iowa’s best pheasant harvest in 16 years

2023 saw Iowa’s best pheasant harvest in 16 years

  • 8/20/2024 3:28:00 PM
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Iowa’s pheasant hunters bagged more than 590,000 roosters last fall, the most since 2007. The 62 percent increase in harvest was due to a strong population of pheasants and to a 32 percent increase in the number of pheasant hunters.
Iowa DNR to host an open house on the Rolling Hills Wildlife Area

Iowa DNR to host an open house on the Rolling Hills Wildlife Area

  • 8/13/2024 2:46:00 PM
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Truro, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is holding an open house on Aug. 27, at 5:30 p.m., at the Community Building in Truro, to discuss the past and future management, recreation use, wildlife populations and other topics of interest for the Rolling Hills Wildlife Area.
Management planned for Eurasian watermilfoil found at Clear Lake

Management planned for Eurasian watermilfoil found at Clear Lake

  • 8/13/2024 2:37:00 PM
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CLEAR LAKE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently discovered that Eurasian watermilfoil has spread in Clear Lake in Cerro Gordo County. A small area was originally found last fall east of the McIntosh Beach and treated this May. A larger area was found last week near Farmer’s Beach.
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