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Shooting Sports
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Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions

More than 280 athletes from 36 Iowa teams competed in the 2025 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, held June 12-14.

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June 17, 2025
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Forestry
News Release

Trees for Kids grant applications due August 22

The popular Trees for Kids grant program is accepting applications through August 22. Grantees can be awarded up to $2,500 to purchase trees and mulch.

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June 17, 2025
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Canoe, Kayak & Paddle Sports
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Celebrate the Little Sioux River with summer speaker series and paddling events

Iowa DNR, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Buena Vista CCB and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota invite you to celebrate the Little Sioux River.

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June 17, 2025
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Wildlife Management Areas
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Recreation options plentiful at Waterloo Creek, in the heart of Iowa's Driftless region

Waterloo Creek Wildlife Area is 1,980 acres of timber, prairie, with a few small wetlands and roughly four miles of coldwater trout stream.

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June 17, 2025
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Wildlife Management Areas
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Long hidden and rare, remnant prairie re-emerges after project removes unwanted invasives

Some of Iowa’s lesser known native prairie plants have returned to the hills overlooking Rock Creek Lake this spring.

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June 17, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Pollution Prevention P2
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Iowa companies collaborate with Pollution Prevention (P2) interns to interns to enhance environmental efficiency and conserve resources

Five Iowa businesses have teamed with the Iowa DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program this summer to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

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June 13, 2025
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Air Quality Draft Permits
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Air quality permits for review, published 06/12/2025

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

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June 12, 2025
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Enforcement Actions
News Release

DNR enforcement actions, published 06/12/2025

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

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June 12, 2025
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Advisory
News Release

DNR Investigating Fish Kill at Dean Lake in Des Moines

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill at Dean Lake in southeast Des Moines.

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June 11, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Fishing
Water Quality
News Release

Public meeting to discuss ongoing drought conditions at Blue Lake

Iowa DNR will host a public meeting at 5:30 p.m., June 26, at the Onawa Community Center, 320 10th Street, to discuss Blue Lake low water levels.

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June 10, 2025
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Natural Resource Commission
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Natural Resource Commission to hold its June 12 meeting virtually

The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold its monthly meeting virtually on June 12, at 9:30 a.m.

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June 10, 2025
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Shooting Sports
News Release

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa

Athletes from 118 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds for the Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship

Display Date
June 10, 2025
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Scholastic Clay Target Program logo
Fishing
News Release

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Cold Springs Lake

Iowa DNR will relax the fishing regulations at Cold Springs Lake starting June 15 to allow anglers to harvest fish before the lake is chemically renovated.

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June 10, 2025
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Forestry
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Help stop the spread of invasive species in your community

Invasive species, like emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, spongy moth and oriental bittersweet threaten Iowa’s ecosystem by destroying native trees.

Display Date
June 10, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Iowa's Wildlife
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Joint project supports threatened turtle species, while tracking juvenile movements

A Central Iowa wetland is now home to 32 young Blanding’s turtles, that were released as part of a joint project to give the threatened species a jump on life.

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June 10, 2025
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