News Releases

Read the latest news from the DNR for environmental protection, recreation and conservation updates in Iowa.

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Wildlife and Trapping
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Annual spring wildlife spotlight survey underway, 2025

DNR Staff are conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations.

Boating
News Release

Iowa boat registrations expire April 30

Iowans will register more than 220,000 boats before April 30, when current boat registrations expire. Boat registrations are good for three years.

A family boats across a lake at the end of a summer day.
Enforcement Actions
News Release

DNR enforcement actions, published 03/27/2025

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

Blue skies and wispy clouds.
Hunting - Pheasant Doves Small Game
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Iowa’s pheasant season evolved over decades

Iowa’s current 70-plus day long pheasant season, opening on the last Saturday in October through January 10 each year, is a long way from how it began.

Hunter walking a field in the fall.
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Spring is Blooming - Get out and Explore!

Discover the renewal of spring in the colors of the flowers with the Iowa DNR's weekly woodland wildflower bloom report.

Woodland wildflowers