Discover Barber Creek Wildlife Area: nearly 1,000 acres of timber, wetlands, and prairie along the Clinton-Scott County line for hunting, fishing, and nature.
The nearly 440-acre rectangular shaped Van Buren Wildlife Area is a popular place for bird watchers, mushroom hunters and shed antler, turkey and deer hunters.
Given its size and ease of access, it’s no wonder that Dekalb Wildlife Area is a popular spot with hunters, birders and those who like to walk in the woods.
Along Iowa Hwy. 15 out of Armstrong leads to Lake Iowa and Lake Iowa Marsh – two public areas nearly identical in shape and size on the Iowa Minnesota border.
Sitting on the west side of the Wapsipinicon River, a few miles west of Troy Mills, Troy Mills Wildlife Area is a mix of sand prairie, timber and wetlands.
Iowa DNR is removing trees on the east side of 12 Mile Lake Wildlife Area to restore high quality, grassland habitat improving water quality for the lake.
