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DNR provides critical assistance during historic Iowa flooding

• 3/25/2019 3:18:00 PM
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WESTERN IOWA -- DNR conservation officers and park rangers have responded in droves providing crucial equipment and fulfilling extraordinary public safety rescue missions.

Options to complete MAC training this week

• 2/26/2019 10:29:00 AM
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If you’ve been snow-bound, ice-bound or cold-bound, you still have some options to complete your manure applicator certificate training by March 1. Yes, that’s Friday of this week. But don’t panic.

Manure Applicator Training Wraps Up Feb. 28

• 2/18/2019 12:54:00 PM
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Confinement site applicators: have just two more weeks to take live manure applicator certification training. The last on-site training session is offered Feb. 28.

MAC Renewals due by March 1

• 2/18/2019 12:51:00 PM
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Reminder: Certificates expire annually on March 1 for commercial manure applicators.

Submit CERs for Master Matrix to DNR by Jan. 31

• 1/11/2019 3:15:00 PM
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County supervisors who voted to use the Master Matrix and adopted a construction evaluation resolution (CER) must submit the resolution to Kelli Book, Iowa DNR, 502 E. Ninth St., Des Moines, IA 50319.

Biosecurity Workshops for Pork Producers

• 11/29/2018 8:28:00 AM
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It may be time to reconsider biosecurity measures after the recent spread of African Swine Fever in China. Iowa State University is offering workshops for producers, their employees, veterinarians and others who may enter pork production facilities. The two-hour workshop covers case studies, risk management and help for producers in determining their highest priorities.

Options for confinement livestock producers hard-pressed by wet weather

• 10/18/2018 1:40:00 PM
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SPENCER -- Animal producers are faced with no good choices for fall manure application. 

Spencer man injured in hunting incident

• 10/16/2018 12:38:00 PM
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa – On October 14, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources was notified of a single-person hunting incident on Barringer Slough in Clay County, Iowa.  

Operation ReLeaf trees available to Alliant Energy customers

• 8/16/2018 11:20:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Alliant Energy residential customers can purchase landscaping trees for their homes at a deep discount this fall. Customers may reserve up to two trees per address and pick them up at Operation ReLeaf events in Cerro Gordo, Decatur, Hamilton, Linn, Poweshiek, and Winneshiek counties in October.

Girl injured when struck by personal watercraft

• 7/8/2018 4:12:00 PM
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CLEAR LAKE, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources law enforcement and Clear Lake Fire and Rescue responded to a crash involving several juveniles on Clear Lake at approximately 8:15 p.m. on July 6.

Heavy rainfall causes wastewater runoff; some city wells could be affected

• 6/21/2018 4:23:00 PM
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SPENCER - Excessive rains over the last few days are causing wastewater to runoff from some cities and livestock facilities in northwest and north central Iowa.

Honey Creek Resort to debut ‘Honey Creek Live’ concert series in 2018

• 4/24/2018 12:18:00 PM
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MORAVIA, Iowa – Honey Creek Resort, located on Iowa’s Rathbun Lake, recently announced “Honey Creek Live,” a new, six-week outdoor concert series that will take place at the resort every Thursday from June 28 to Aug. 2.

Is your certificate current? Warmer weather coming.

• 4/16/2018 8:50:00 AM
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We can hope. A few signs of spring may mean manure application season will be here soon. 

DNR operator certification program recognized with award

• 3/23/2018 1:26:00 PM
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DES MOINES - This week the Association of Boards of Certification (ABC) awarded Laurie Sharp, head of the DNR Operator Certification Program with the 2018 Certification Program Award.

March 1 deadline to complete MAC renewals

• 2/9/2018 3:58:00 PM
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Reminder: Certificates expire annually on March 1 for commercial manure applicators.

Take Manure Applicator Certification training soon

• 12/8/2017 1:51:00 PM
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Commercial manure applicators can fulfill their annual training and certification requirements at 71 Iowa and two out-of-state locations on Jan. 4. Most locations offer training from 9 a.m. to noon.

SRF Deadlines and Operator Certification Exams

• 10/12/2017 9:04:00 AM
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Communities or wastewater utilities interested in applying for an SRF Water Resource Restoration Sponsored Project should note the upcoming deadlines.

DNR Hiring Range Safety Officers

• 7/28/2017 9:48:00 AM
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The DNR has two openings at Banner Shooting Range near Indianola, and eight openings at Olofson Shooting Range near Polk City, for Range Safety Officers.

Iowa DNR Introduces New Public Information Officer

• 3/15/2017 3:24:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has hired Alex Murphy as its Public Information Officer.

Concrete Training Sessions for Spencer Rescheduled for March 8

• 2/23/2017 9:05:00 AM
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Due to an expected winter storm, two concrete training sessions scheduled for Feb. 24 in Spencer have been postponed. 

March 1 Deadline to Complete MAC Renewals

• 2/17/2017 10:53:00 AM
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Certificates expire annually on March 1 for commercial manure applicators. Confinement site certificates are viable for three years ending on Dec. 31, with a two-month grace period for renewals.

MAC Applicator Training Wrapping Up

• 2/17/2017 10:52:00 AM
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Manure applicator certification training for confinement site applicators is wrapping up, with the last live session scheduled Feb. 28. Two dry/solid manure workshops are also available--designed to meet the needs of confinement or commercial applicators who handle dry or solid manure. They are scheduled for Feb. 21 in Adair County and Feb. 22 in Buena Vista County.

DNR officer pulls angler from West Lake Osceola

• 2/10/2017 12:56:00 PM
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Osceola, Iowa - State Conservation Officer Michael Miller was on routine patrol late Friday morning when he saw two men setting up an ice fishing shelter on West Lake Osceola, in southern Iowa.

Casting for Recovery: Healing through trout fishing

• 10/25/2016 10:21:00 AM
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They share one commonality: their struggle with breast cancer. And for one weekend in the crisp October air, they can suspend their worries. Away from the doctors’ offices, the institutional rooms, the critical decisions: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy. The nagging questions: How much? How long? What if? Here, they can focus on placing a dry fly where a trout can’t resist it. Wellness. 

Take soil samples now – crop and animal producers

• 10/20/2016 8:40:00 AM
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Here’s a reminder for confinement feeding operation producers who must have a manure management plan (MMP): soil tests are required once every four years. The best times to sample soils are in the fall after harvest and before fertilizer or manure is applied, or in the spring before fertilization.

Heavy rainfall causes some wastewater overflows in northwest Iowa

• 9/16/2016 3:41:00 PM
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SPENCER – Reports of wastewater discharges caused by heavy rains are trickling into environmental field offices for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Manure Applicator Training

• 8/25/2016 9:51:00 AM
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In Iowa, confinement site manure applicators — people who haul and land apply manure from a confinement (totally roofed) facility with a capacity of 500 or more animal units (1,250 finishing hogs, 500 beef cattle, etc.) — must be certified or use a certified commercial manure applicator. Commercial applicators (those who are in the business of hauling or applying manure) must also be properly certified. 

DNR Investigates Two Fish Kills in Northwest Iowa

• 8/16/2016 8:14:00 AM
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SPENCER – The DNR is wrapping up investigations of two fish kills in northwest Iowa which were reported Sunday to the DNR’s Spencer field office.

Boil Advisory Issued for City of Meservey

• 8/5/2016 7:27:00 PM
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MESERVEY – A boil advisory for the city of Meservey in Cerro Gordo County has been issued after the system experienced a drop in water pressure.

Iowan Selected as National Hunter Education Volunteer Instructor of the Year

• 5/31/2016 1:03:00 PM
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Rick Cerwick flashes back to the days when he started hunting, rolling down the Webster County gravel roads in the ‘63 Ford Galaxy 500 with mom and dad up front and he and his brothers and sisters in back competing to see who could spot the most rooster pheasants and who could retrieve them when dad shot one.

6 Nature Foolers: Can You Tell the Difference?

• 7/10/2015 8:54:00 AM
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Mimicry is about more than flattery for these Iowa organisms. Looking similar to a dangerous model helps the mimics of these pairs avoid confrontation, predation and disturbance, particularly from animals that learn to pick a meal based on what its prey looks like. Can you tell the difference?

Myth Busters: Do Cold-blooded Animals Get Cancer?

• 1/6/2015 10:29:00 AM
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Cold-blooded animals like snakes, fish and sharks do get cancer, likely from polluted waters and foreign substances. While many questions still surround this issue, scientists hope the unique ways these animals deal with cancer might give hope for cancer treatments and possible cures in humans.

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