The DNR is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook waterfowl to those who have little to no waterfowl hunting experience.
The 1,475-acre Welch Lake complex protects West Okoboji Lake’s water quality through wetland restoration and offers prime pheasant and waterfowl hunting.
The Iowa DNR will host an open house in Fonda, IA, on Aug. 26, 3-6 p.m., at City Hall to discuss Sunken Grove and Shimon Marsh wildlife area management.
Emily Turner, 26, of Jamesport, Mo., died from injuries suffered from a single vehicle crash Aug. 8, at Bluff Creek OHV Park, southwest of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Iowa DNR documented an increase in gizzard shad across the Iowa Great Lakes, including Spirit Lake and the Okoboji chain during shoreline seining efforts.
