Bordered by the Iowa River to the east and U.S. Hwy. 30 to the north is one of the newest public areas in Central Iowa: the 260-acre Oxbow Bottoms Wildlife Area
That narrow access lane off a dead-end road is the only way in and out of the Winford Wildlife Area, a 637-acre floodplain grassland, just north of Oskaloosa.
Tucked in to the southern end of the Loess Hills, within eyeshot of I-29 and nearly adjacent to Forney Lake, is the Green Hollow and Blackburn wildlife area.
The Iowa DNR will hold an open house on Sept. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Clinton County Conservation Board office, 2308 255th, just south of Grand Mound.
The DNR is holding an open house for the neighbors of Idlewild Wildlife Area and others interested in the public area to discuss forest management plans.
Three wild turkeys disappeared quietly into the edge of the timber as Shane Frevert pulled his truck into the northeast parking lot at the Tubaugh Wildlife Area
A delay in the delivery of the precast concrete and new metal screw gate at Spring Creek outlet will impact the ability to pump water to the main marsh.
