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Air Quality Draft Permits

News - Air Quality

Air quality permits for review, published 08/28/2025

The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review.

August 28, 2025

Bright blue sky with wispy clouds

Enforcement Actions

News Release

DNR enforcement actions, published 08/28/2025

DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws.

August 28, 2025

State Forest Nursery

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DNR State Forest Nursery seedling orders start Sept. 2

The DNR State Forest Nursery is gearing up for fall 2025 and spring 2026 seedling orders. Seedlings can be ordered Sept. 2 - May 15.

August 26, 2025

Swamp White Oak Seedlings

Hunting - Pheasant Doves Small Game

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Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 30

Iowa’s rabbit population is the highest in more than a decade, with the vast majority of Iowa considered to have good to excellent populations.

August 26, 2025

Hunter walking a field in the fall.

Wildlife Management Areas

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Natural backwater wetland, Klum Lake should be on birders, duck hunters radar this fall

Ringed by trees and away from the busy roads in eastern Louisa County, Klum Lake has undergone a significant makeover over the past decade or so.

August 26, 2025

Hunting - Migratory Game Birds

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2025 teal season shortens, opening day is Sept. 6

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reduced the length of the special September teal season to nine days in 2025.

August 26, 2025

Hunter walking a field in the fall.

Hunting - Migratory Game Birds

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Iowa’s mourning dove season opens Sept. 1

Iowa’s mourning dove season begins Sept. 1. State wildlife experts are predicting a busy open day with mild weather in the forecast and a later teal season.

August 26, 2025

Hunter walking a field in the fall.

Fishing - Uncommon Fish

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Federally endangered pallid sturgeon discovered in Iowa's Des Moines River

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the first-ever collection of the federally endangered pallid sturgeon from the lower Des Moines River.

August 26, 2025

News Release

McIntosh Woods State Park reopening August 22

VENTURA – McIntosh Woods State Park is re-opening after a July 29 derecho storm caused significant tree damage at the park.

August 22, 2025

A family hikes through an Iowa state park

Air Quality Draft Permits

News - Air Quality

Air quality permits for review, published 08/21/2025

The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review.

August 21, 2025

Bright blue sky with wispy clouds

News Release

New deer tag option available for disabled veterans

Tags for the 2025-26 deer season went on sale Aug. 15, and new this year, is a disabled veterans deer tag.

August 19, 2025

Hunter walking a field in the fall.

News Release

DNR to host public meeting on campground renovations at McIntosh Woods State Park

VENTURA – The Iowa DNR will host an open house on Sept. 9, to discuss upcoming campground improvements at McIntosh Woods State Park in Ventura.

August 19, 2025

A simple image of a microphone at the front of a busy conference room.

Iowa's Wildlife

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Popular Spring Run complex caters to birders, hunters in the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes

Spring Run is one of the largest, most diverse complexes in the state, stretching from Hwy. 9 to the north to Lower Gar Lake to the southwest.

August 19, 2025

A trumpeter swan keeps a watchful eye from a restored wetland on Spring Run, as its mate hides nearby.

Iowa's Wildlife

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Collard mountain lion appears on trail camera in northwest Iowa

Images of a mountain lion with a neck collar in northwest Iowa have been circulating over social media in the past few days.

August 19, 2025

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Course on chronic wasting disease set for September in Black Hawk and Marshall counties

Chronic Wasting Disease Ambassadors is a collaborative education program between the Iowa DNR and Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach.

August 18, 2025