Missouri River group to meet October 24 in Sioux City 10/11/2018 2:30:00 PM View Count 403 SIOUX CITY - The State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA) will hear about precipitation trends, navigation updates, fish management strategies and more at its Oct. 24 meeting in Sioux City.
Public meeting to discuss Missouri River Fish Management Office 9/5/2018 1:44:00 PM View Count 794 ONAWA, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting at 6:00 p.m., Sept. 11, at the Lewis & Clark State Park Visitor Center, to discuss plans for the Missouri River Fish Management Office.
Ringgold Wildlife Area touts prairie, timber, ponds 9/4/2018 12:16:00 PM View Count 1688 The Ringgold Wildlife Area, south of Mount Ayr on the Missouri border, is 2,600 acres of prairie, timber, oak savannas and floodplains with a handful of fishable ponds mixed in.
Noddleman Island is Western Iowa’s secret wild playground 6/12/2018 10:41:00 AM View Count 3022 The old advertising tag line – just waiting to be explored – could have been written for Noddleman Island Wildlife Management Area on the east shore of the Missouri River.
Missouri and Big Sioux rivers paddlefish fishing season opens Feb. 4 1/23/2018 12:49:00 PM View Count 1393 The paddlefish fishing season is open from sunrise to sunset from Feb. 4 to April 30 on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers. Anglers fishing for paddlefish must have a valid Iowa fishing license, along with a special paddlefish license and unused transportation tag(s).
Missouri River paddlefish license on sale until Jan. 7 12/27/2017 11:14:00 AM View Count 3872 Iowa anglers have until Jan. 7 to buy their 2018 paddlefish license for the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers.
Missouri and Big Sioux River paddlefish license on sale Dec. 15 12/5/2017 12:22:00 PM View Count 1565 Anglers can buy the Missouri and Big Sioux River paddlefish license from Dec. 15-Dec. 31and Jan. 1- Jan. 7. A limited number of paddlefish licenses are available - 950 resident and 50 nonresident.
Wastewater discharge in Council Bluffs 10/26/2017 7:19:00 AM View Count 851 COUNCIL BLUFFS – Late Wednesday afternoon DNR received a report from the city of Council Bluffs that untreated wastewater had discharged into Indian Creek and then into the Missouri River near Gifford Road in Council Bluffs.
Missouri River group to meet June 13 in Mills County 5/25/2017 12:38:00 PM View Count 1203 MALVERN–The Iowa watershed approach, providing nearly $100 million to improve rural watersheds, is the focus of the June 13 meeting of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA).
Missouri River group to meet Nov. 18 in Des Moines 11/3/2016 1:17:00 PM View Count 4133 DES MOINES– Floodplain mapping and watershed planning will be discussed at a meeting of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA) Nov. 18 in Des Moines.
Missouri River Waterfowl Hunting Zone Remains the Same for 2016 9/6/2016 12:32:00 PM View Count 2511 Waterfowl hunters who plan to hunt in southwest Iowa are reminded that the Missouri River zone has not changed for the 2016-17 hunting season
The body of a boat passenger missing since Sunday has been recovered downstream from Hamburg 8/24/2016 2:21:00 PM View Count 1711 HAMBURG – The body of a boater who has been missing since Sunday afternoon was recovered in the Missouri River downstream from Hamburg on Wednesday.
Search Underway for a Man Missing on the Missouri River Near Hamburg 8/21/2016 7:56:00 PM View Count 1505 HAMBURG – A search is underway in the Missouri River near Hamburg for man who is missing after being swept under a barge Sunday afternoon.
Boating Collision Near Council Bluffs Being Investigated by Iowa DNR 7/5/2016 7:02:00 AM View Count 1825 COUNCIL BLUFFS – A boating collision that resulted in one vessel sinking to the bottom of the Missouri River is being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Gov. Branstad to Attend Missouri River Meeting 6/17/2016 2:26:00 PM View Count 1683 ONAWA – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will be a special attendee of the next State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA) meeting on Wednesday, June 22nd.