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New Track Chair at Big Creek State Park opens doors to the outdoors

• 6/18/2024 12:04:00 PM
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POLK CITY – Big Creek State Park has a new way to explore the outdoors through the addition of an Action Trackchair®.

Midwest Walleye Challenge prize winners announced

• 4/16/2024 12:45:00 PM
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BOONE - Midwest Walleye Challenge participants from across the southern Midwest have submitted their first two weeks of walleye and sauger catches.

Help Iowa DNR expand walleye collection data

• 3/12/2024 11:46:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering for a third year with MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas to conduct a statewide walleye fishing challenge from March 30 through June 30.

Shoreline stabilization project underway at Silver Lake to improve water quality

• 3/5/2024 12:09:00 PM
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LAKE PARK, Iowa - Work is underway to stabilize the shoreline on the northwest section of Silver Lake, in Dickinson County.

Virtual fishing tournament encourages Iowa walleye anglers to report their catches

• 2/6/2024 11:56:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering for a third year with MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas to conduct a statewide walleye fishing challenge starting March 30 through June 30.

Snowmobilers welcome return of winter

• 1/16/2024 3:12:00 PM
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Snowmobilers across Iowa are welcoming the return of winter, eager to get out and enjoy the fresh snow.

Help Iowa DNR expand walleye collection data

• 4/18/2023 4:26:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering for a second year with MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas to conduct a statewide walleye fishing challenge starting May 1 through June 30. The Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has joined as a research partner for the 2023 challenge.

State Revolving Fund Program announces loan forgiveness award recipients

• 3/23/2023 2:36:00 PM
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The State Revolving Fund Program has chosen eight projects to receive loan forgiveness from the 2022 Clean Water SRF (CWSRF) Base Program and 2022 CWSRF Bipartisan Infrastructure Law General Supplemental Funds.

Catch-photo-release tournament encourages Iowa walleye anglers to report their catches

• 1/31/2023 11:36:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering for a second year with MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas to conduct a statewide walleye fishing challenge starting May 1 through June 30. The Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has joined as a research partner for the 2023 challenge.

Snowmobile and off-highway vehicle registrations expire at year's end

• 12/13/2022 12:37:00 PM
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Registrations for snowmobiles and OHVs purchased during the 2022 registration cycle expire Dec. 31. Any decal displayed on a machine with a 22 printed on it will no longer be valid for machines used on snowmobile trails, public ice, or the OHV parks. Any registration that is not renewed prior to Jan. 1, 2023, will have a late penalty of $5 applied to the cost of the registration.

Snowmobilers encouraged to use safe operating practices when riding on the Iowa Great Lakes

• 2/3/2022 3:49:00 PM
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SPIRIT LAKE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding snowmobilers operating on the Iowa Great Lakes to use caution as ice conditions change throughout the winter.

DNR urges caution on the ice after snowmobile, ATV go through on the Okobojis

• 1/14/2022 3:45:00 PM
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SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is encouraging ice anglers and snowmobilers to use caution when going out on the ice after a snowmobile and an ATV broke through the ice on West Okoboji Lake and East Okoboji Lake Thursday night.

Snowmobile and off-highway vehicle registrations expire at year's end

• 9/8/2020 3:13:00 PM
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Registrations for snowmobiles and OHVs purchased during the 2020 registration cycle will expire December 31, 2020.

Storm knocks out power to Timber Ridge Mobile Home Park causing bypass

• 8/11/2020 7:47:00 PM
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SHELLSBURG, Iowa - Monday’s strong thunderstorm knocked out power at Timber Ridge Mobile Home Park, in eastern Benton County, and caused structural damage to most of the homes in the park.

DNR assistance available for landowners interested in CRP

• 1/28/2020 3:32:00 PM
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Landowners interested in enrolling a portion of their land into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup have until Feb. 28 to write an offer. The general signup came out of the 2018 Farm Bill that increased the cap of acres enrolled from 22 million acres to 27 million.

Snowmobile and off-highway vehicle registrations set to expire

• 12/26/2019 11:32:00 AM
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The DNR is reminding snowmobile and off-highway vehicle owners and users to renew their registrations before January 1, 2020.

Snowmobile and off-highway vehicle registrations set to expire

• 12/26/2019 10:04:00 AM
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The DNR is reminding snowmobile and off-highway vehicle owners and users to renew their registrations before January 1, 2020.

Man thrown from snowmobile in Webster County crash

• 2/20/2019 8:02:00 AM
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LEHIGH, Iowa – Iowa Department of Natural Resources conservation officers responded to a snowmobile crash on Friday, February 15, 2019  at 1:45 p.m., approximately four miles south of Lehigh on the Des Moines River.

Iowa DNR to discuss deer diseases at Iowa City public meeting

• 11/6/2018 11:01:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be in Iowa City on Nov. 14 to discuss issues related to deer diseases in an urban deer herd, the recent restrictions on wildlife rehabilitators accepting deer and hunter participation in the battle against chronic wasting disease (CWD).

Ehm, division administrator of DNR environmental side, to retire

• 8/23/2018 1:56:00 PM
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Department of Natural Resources Environmental Services Division Administrator Bill Ehm has announced his retirement, set for Sept. 20.

DNR, VA to host Veterans Casting Away Disabilities event

• 5/4/2018 3:19:00 PM
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MORAVIA, Iowa -- The Iowa DNR is partnering with the VA to host the 17th annual Veterans Casting Away Disabilities event next week, May 6-12 at Honey Creek Resort at Rathbun Lake.

Missouri and Big Sioux rivers paddlefish fishing season opens Feb. 4

• 1/23/2018 12:49:00 PM
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The paddlefish fishing season is open from sunrise to sunset from Feb. 4 to April 30 on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers. Anglers fishing for paddlefish must have a valid Iowa fishing license, along with a special paddlefish license and unused transportation tag(s).

Study shows new recovery rate of containers in Iowa

• 1/18/2018 1:28:00 PM
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DES MOINES -- A new Waste Characterization Study completed by the Iowa DNR has determined the recovery rate for containers covered under the bottle deposit law is 71 percent, down from 86 percent in 2007. The decrease in the recovery rate is consistent with other states that also have a bottle bill. 

Milford man killed in snowmobile crash

• 1/8/2018 8:25:00 AM
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fatal snowmobile crash that happened on January 4 around 8:00 p.m., in Clay County.

Missouri River paddlefish license on sale until Jan. 7

• 12/27/2017 11:14:00 AM
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Iowa anglers have until Jan. 7 to buy their 2018 paddlefish license for the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers.

Bill before Congress would benefit Iowa wildlife, water resources

• 12/26/2017 8:37:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is in support of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act bill, introduced in Congress last Thursday, as a way to support Iowa’s State Wildlife Action Plan.

Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers paddlefish fishing season opens March 1

• 2/14/2017 12:36:00 PM
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The paddlefish fishing season opens March 1 on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers and runs through April 15 (sunrise to sunset). Anglers fishing for paddlefish must have a valid Iowa fishing license, along with a special paddlefish license and unused transportation tag.

Warden's Diary: Wild Things

• 2/3/2017 3:54:00 PM
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“Welcome to Wild Things,” I told the group, “You will find that Wild Things is different than school. Here, it’s okay to get dirty. It’s okay to get muddy. It’s okay to get wet.” A big grin broke out on every kid’s face. And so began the first session of “Wild Things,” my new after-school program. 

Off-highway vehicle and snowmobile registration renewals due December 31

• 12/13/2016 2:20:00 PM
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The Iowa DNR is reminding owners of off-highway vehicles to renew their registrations by Dec. 31, 2016. Vehicle types include: all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-road utility vehicles (ORVs), off-road motorcycles (ORMs) and snowmobiles.

Increasing Foliage Reduces Visibility for Turkey Hunters

• 4/26/2016 7:44:00 AM
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Iowa’s timber can change quickly in the spring as turkey hunters are well aware. That perfect hunting spot with a large panoramic view of the woodland through leafless trees during first season has been reduced significantly by the third season as trees and plants are busy trading their buds for leaves.

Boone Man Injured While Snowmobiling Sunday

• 2/15/2016 2:25:00 AM
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BOONE – A Grand Junction man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon while snowmobiling west of Boone along U.S. Highway 30.

U.S. EPA's Review of Stream Use Designations Available

• 1/7/2016 8:16:00 AM
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed its review and approval of use changes for a fourth batch of select Iowa rivers and streams on Dec. 14.

Off-Highway Vehicle and Snowmobile Registration Renewals Due December 31

• 9/1/2015 12:00:00 PM
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Owners of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-road utility vehicles (ORVs) or off road motorcycles (ORMs) and snowmobiles registered with the Iowa DNR will need to renew their registrations by Dec. 31.

Wildlife Rehabbers: What it Takes

• 6/19/2015 11:07:00 AM
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A summer storm. A crack of lightning. A thick tree limb crashes to the ground. From a cavity, once 20 feet above ground, high pitched “chirring” and scratching can be heard. A couple whiskered noses poke out, just ahead of the oh-so-familiar black masks. A litter of raccoons is displaced. Now what?

Leave Wildlife Babies in the Wild

• 4/17/2015 8:05:00 AM
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If you find an animal baby that appears to be on its own, don’t worry. Generally, one of its parents is nearby, watching.

Finding Injured Wildlife: What to Do

• 4/3/2015 7:52:00 AM
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When Pete Vande Poppe spotted a great horned owl along Highway 60 near Alton about a month ago, he knew something wasn’t right. He swung by home to tell his wife, Gretchen. She grabbed the camera and off they went, finding the owl in the grass alongside the road.