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Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program skeet championships

• 6/25/2024 12:20:00 PM
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342 athletes from 36 Iowa teams participated in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 20-23 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.

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

• 6/19/2024 10:38:00 AM
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Athletes from 36 Iowa teams participated in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships held June 13-15 at Black Oak Clays near Pella. The course was set by Dave Koch of Little Fox River Sporting Clays in Missouri.

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

• 6/11/2024 2:26:00 PM
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Athletes from 120 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 3-9 for the 2024 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship.

Shooting sports athletes converge on Cedar Falls for Iowa’s largest trap shoot

• 5/28/2024 2:20:00 PM
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Nearly 3,100 Iowa shooting sports athletes from grade school through high school will shoot 780,000 targets during the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Trap Championships, June 3-9, in Cedar Falls.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns international skeet and international bunker trap champions

• 5/21/2024 3:41:00 PM
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The Scholastic Clay Target Program held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap on May 18-19.

Trap, sporting clays, and skeet championship preview

• 5/21/2024 3:39:00 PM
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Iowa’s youth shooting sports athletes are preparing for several upcoming state championship events.

Skeet doubles event set for May 25 in Oskaloosa

• 5/14/2024 12:33:00 PM
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Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program’s first ever skeet doubles competition is scheduled for May 25, at the Mahaska County Izaak Walton League, in Oskaloosa.

Iowa’s state shooting sports championship events begin May 18

• 5/14/2024 12:30:00 PM
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Iowa’s state shooting sports season is here, where thousands of student athletes from elementary to high school and colleges across the state compete in seven shooting sports championship events over the next several weeks, for the chance to earn scholarships, prizes and more.

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

• 2/23/2024 9:05:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet and Kossuth counties.

State Champions named in Collegiate Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, and Super Sporting Clays

• 10/24/2023 1:21:00 PM
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More than 160 athletes from 13 Iowa colleges competed in the 2023 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, and Super Sporting Clays on Oct. 21-22, at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet Championships

• 6/27/2023 4:46:00 PM
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More than 300 athletes from 37 Iowa teams participated in the 2023 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 22-25 at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.

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

• 6/20/2023 2:39:00 PM
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Athletes from 33 Iowa teams participated in the 2023 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, June 15-17, at Black Oak Clays, near Pella.

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

• 6/13/2023 1:07:00 PM
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Athletes from 123 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds north of Cedar Falls June 6-11 for the 2023 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns international skeet and international bunker trap champions

• 5/23/2023 1:34:00 PM
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The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap on May 20-21.

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning, Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit

• 3/20/2023 4:15:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet and Kossuth counties.

DNR Virtual Public Meeting for Fawn Hollow Feedlot Nutrient Management Plan

• 12/15/2022 1:39:00 PM
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Des Moines — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a virtual public meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 1:00 pm to gather public comment on the Fawn Hollow Feedlot Nutrient Management Plan (NMP).

State champions named in collegiate trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting clays

• 11/15/2022 11:53:00 AM
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The 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships was held at Waukee’s New Pioneer Gun Club, Nov. 12-13, that featured 182 athletes from 17 Iowa colleges competing in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays and Super Sporting Clays.

Iowa’s top collegiate athletes in shooting to converge at championship competition

• 11/8/2022 4:00:00 PM
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More than 200 athletes from 15 Iowa colleges and universities will participate in the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays and Super Sporting Clays. Many of these athletes have been shooting in the SCTP since middle school or high school and have been able to continue competing at the collegiate level.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet Championships

• 7/5/2022 1:28:00 PM
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More than 250 athletes from 28 Iowa teams participated in the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 23-26 at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.

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

• 6/21/2022 1:08:00 PM
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Athletes from 28 Iowa teams participated in the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships held June 17-19, at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.

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

• 6/21/2022 1:05:00 PM
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Athletes from 117 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 7-12 for the 2022 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship. Nearly 3,000 athletes from 4th grade through high school competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap.

Shooting sports athletes converge on Cedar Falls for Iowa’s largest trap shoot

• 6/7/2022 2:01:00 PM
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Nearly 3,100 Iowa shooting sports athletes from grade school through high school will shoot more than 770,000 targets during the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Trap Championships, June 7-12, in Cedar Falls.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns International Skeet and International Bunker Trap champions

• 5/24/2022 3:41:00 PM
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The Scholastic Clay Target Program held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap the past two weekends. These events are the same as what are competed in at the Olympics.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns community college trap, skeet and sporting clays champions

• 4/26/2022 1:46:00 PM
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Iowa Western dominated the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Junior College Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays Championships held April 23-24, at the Iowa State Trapshooting Association Homegrounds, near Cedar Falls.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate skeet and sporting clays champions

• 11/16/2021 2:43:00 PM
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Iowa’s 4 yr Collegiate Scholastic Clay Target Teams competed this past weekend in a four discipline competition: American trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting. William Penn Shotgun Sports won the sporting clays and skeet team championships, while the Wartburg Knights won the trap and super sporting team championships. 

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

• 6/29/2021 1:25:00 PM
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252 athletes from 30 Iowa teams participated in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 24-27 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.

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

• 6/23/2021 7:07:00 AM
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Athletes from 27 Iowa teams participated in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships held June 18-20 at Highland Hideaway Hunting near Riverside.

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

• 6/23/2021 7:03:00 AM
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Athletes from 113 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Home Grounds north of Cedar Falls for the 2021 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship held June 8-13. More than 2,600 athletes from 4th grade through high school competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap.

Shooting sports athletes converge on Cedar Falls for Iowa’s largest trap shoot

• 6/8/2021 1:37:00 PM
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More than 2,700 Iowa shooting sports athletes will participate in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Trap Championships in American Singles, Doubles, and Handicap Trap. More than 700,000 targets will be shot by the athletes, ranging in age from grade school through high school.

Des Moines Clay Crushers dominate Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program International Skeet Championship

• 6/1/2021 12:32:00 PM
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The Des Moines Clay Crushers dominated the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s International Skeet Championship held this past weekend at New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns brother and sister as International Bunker Trap Champions

• 5/25/2021 11:59:00 AM
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A brother and sister from the Wilton Trap Team dominated the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s International Bunker Trap Championship held this past weekend at AVAD Hunt Club, near Coon Rapids.

Iowa’s top shooting sports athletes prepare for championship competition

• 5/18/2021 1:44:00 PM
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Over the next two weeks, some of Iowa’s top shooting sports athletes, ranging in age from middle school to collegiate level, will participate in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) International Championships in Skeet and Trap.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate trap shooting champions

• 4/20/2021 3:27:00 PM
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Iowa’s community colleges dominated the 2021 Collegiate Trap Shooting Championship this past weekend.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate skeet and sporting clays champions

• 4/13/2021 1:16:00 PM
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William Penn and Iowa Central Community College dominated the 2021 Collegiate Skeet and Sporting Clays Championships this past weekend. William Penn took home first place team in Sporting Clays and second place team in skeet, while Iowa Central took first in skeet and second in sporting clays.

Iowa’s top collegiate athletes in shooting to converge at championship competition

• 4/6/2021 12:38:00 PM
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Over the next two weeks, more than 150 athletes from 15 Iowa colleges and universities will participate in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Skeet, Sporting Clays and Trap. Many of these athletes have been shooting in the SCTP since middle school or high school and have been continued competing at the collegiate level.

Renovation planned for Pickerel Lake

• 4/2/2021 2:42:00 PM
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Pickerel Lake, near Laurens on the Clay and Buena Vista county line, will undergo a water level management project to improve its water quality and provide quality habitat for fish and wildlife.

Olofson Shooting Range to host sporting clays special event

• 3/30/2021 12:51:00 PM
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Polk City - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Olofson Shooting Range is hosting a special sporting clays event April 16-18.

A clearer outlook for Silver Creek thanks to local watershed improvement efforts

• 12/4/2020 8:42:00 AM
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MONONA - Silver Creek, a warm water creek winding through Clayton County, had a muddy outlook until a community-led effort helped clear things up.

Elk Lake restoration to begin this fall

• 10/27/2020 9:09:00 AM
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Elk Lake, near Ruthven in eastern Clay County, will undergo a restoration project to improve its water quality, eliminate a rough fish population and provide quality habitat for fish and wildlife.

DNR investigating a boating incident that injured two

• 9/7/2020 7:27:00 PM
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CLAYTON COUNTY, Iowa – DNR Conservation Officers responded to a boating incident that left two people injured on around 4:30pm Saturday, September 5, 2020 on the Mississippi River in Clayton County.

DNR announces virtual public meeting for Supreme Beef, LLC nutrient management plan

• 8/20/2020 12:16:00 PM
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CLAYTON COUNTY -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host a virtual public meeting on Aug. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to gather public comment on the Supreme Beef, LLC Nutrient Management Plan (NMP). 

DNR investigating fish kill on Bloody Run Creek in Clayton County

• 4/21/2020 9:19:00 AM
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MARQUETTE - The DNR is investigating a fish kill on Bloody Run Creek in Clayton County.

Scholastic clay target, action target practices, competitions canceled

• 3/18/2020 2:53:00 PM
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Des Moines, Iowa - The Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program and the Scholastic Action Target Program has cancelled all practices and competitions, as well as all coaches training, through April 30.

Acoustic Monitoring Survey for Iowa's Nine Bat Species

• 4/23/2019 8:45:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University are looking for volunteers interested in performing night time surveys for bats in Dubuque, Lucas, Jackson, Warren and Clayton counties

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

• 3/18/2019 8:31:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Buena Vista, Clay, Emmet, Palo Alto and Kossuth counties.

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