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A Cause for Celebration
Posted: June 30, 2009
DES MOINES - Nearly a half century in the making, it was an outdoor celebration that no wildlife enthusiast would want to miss.
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Iowa Launches HunterExam.com's Interactive Hunter Education Course
Posted: June 30, 2009
New hunter education course allows students to complete coursework online before attending Field Day training session.
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Yellow-Headed Blackbirds Bring Summer Wetlands to Life
Posted: June 23, 2009
For resident members of yellow-headed blackbird colonies, a spectacularly successful nesting season is rapidly winding down.
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Girls Get Outdoors
Posted: June 23, 2009
With a tentative grip, the 14-year-old locked her finger and thumb around the 10-inch largemouth bass.
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Egg Laying Snapping Turtle Becomes North Iowa Traffic Stopper
Posted: June 16, 2009
Iowa turtles are on the move. It happens every summer as a variety of normally aquatic species such as snappers, painteds, and Blanding's turtles temporarily forsake the murky depths of local ponds and marshes to march overland across crop fields, parking lots, and roadways.
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Iowa Increases Requirements to Claim Residency to Hunt, Fish
Posted: June 9, 2009
DES MOINES - Beginning July 1, the minimum requirement to claim Iowa as a state of residence will increase from 30 consecutive days where Iowa is the principle and primary residence, to 90 consecutive days, before someone may purchase a resident hunting, fishing or trapping privilege.
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Iowa Pheasant Harvest Hits Record Low
Posted: May 26, 2009
DES MOINES - Based on results of licensed hunters who pursued small game in Iowa, an estimated 383,000 rooster pheasants were harvested during the 2008-09 season, the lowest total on record and marking only the second time since 1958, Iowa's pheasant harvest did not reach 500,000 roosters.
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Proposal Upgrades Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon from Endangered to Special Concern
Posted: May 26, 2009
DES MOINES - The Natural Resource Commission has proposed upgrading the status of the bald eagle and peregrine falcon from endangered species to species of special concern at its May 14 meeting.
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