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Forestry experts available to help landowners assess storm damage

• 5/28/2024 2:24:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has forestry experts available to help landowners impacted by recent storms with forest storm damage assessments and forest recovery plans.

Storm damage and flooding impact some Iowa state parks for Memorial Day weekend

• 5/23/2024 10:41:00 AM
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Several Iowa state parks have been impacted by recent heavy rains and storms, causing closures in some areas. Visitors are urged to plan in advance heading into the holiday weekend in case a park activity or location is affected.

Homeowners may notice spring frost damage as trees start to bud

• 4/9/2024 12:42:00 PM
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Iowa’s early spring warm up followed by the return of below freezing evening temperatures were a shock to many trees. Some trees experienced frost damage to their newly emerging blooms or shoots.

Derecho-damaged trees focus of salvage timber sale at Pilot Knob State Park

• 9/26/2023 1:02:00 PM
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FOREST CITY – A portion of Pilot Knob State Park will close Sept. 26 to allow for removal of trees in the southeast portion of the park. Visitors are asked to avoid the area east of the tower and south of the road, which will be closed for public use.

Caution urged as Iowans clean up storm damaged trees

• 7/6/2022 10:11:00 AM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they are cleaning up the tree damage from Tuesday’s storms.

Stay Safe during storm cleanup—separate woody debris, asbestos-containing materials, trash

• 3/9/2022 3:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES—Sorting disaster debris after Saturday’s tornadoes is important—both to keep cleanup teams safe and to ensure debris is disposed of properly.

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup tornado damaged trees

• 3/8/2022 1:37:00 PM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they clean up tree damage from Saturday’s tornadoes.

Red Haw State Park closed due to storm damage

• 3/6/2022 1:03:00 PM
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CHARITON, Iowa -- Due to extensive damage from the storm on March 5th, Red Haw State Park in Chariton will be closed until further notice. Extensive damage was sustained to the campground, where there was one fatality and one injury. Additionally, there are significant damages to the beach area, including the boat docks, the Bait House, beach shelters and a storage building.

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup damaged trees

• 12/16/2021 9:16:00 AM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they begin cleaning up the tree damage from Wednesday’s storm.

Lake Macbride State Park to host meeting recapping the derecho salvage timber sale

• 5/18/2021 1:54:00 PM
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SOLON - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a virtual public meeting on May 26, at 7 p.m., to discuss the sale of 58 hardwood logs salvaged from trees at Lake Macbride State Park damaged from the August 2020 derecho.

Derecho damaged trees focus of proposed salvage timber sale at Walnut Woods State Park

• 2/10/2021 6:47:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a virtual public meeting to outline a proposed salvage timber sale in Walnut Woods State Park on Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. The salvage timber sale involves trees damaged from the derecho winds in August 2020. Derecho winds damaged multiple trees within the park, which now pose a risk to park users. Each tree was evaluated according to the Iowa DNR tree risk assessment procedure.

DNR state parks making progress with derecho damage

• 9/1/2020 1:20:00 PM
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Three weeks after a devastating derecho tore through a large portion of Iowa, and left major damage to residential neighborhoods, farms and cities, state parks across Iowa continue their clean-up efforts.

DNR State Forest Nursery offers options to replace derecho damaged trees

• 9/1/2020 1:13:00 PM
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AMES, Iowa -- As clean-up efforts are well underway and even nearing completion in some areas following the derecho that tore through Iowa in early August, the DNR State Forest Nursery is working with customers to select the proper trees to replant in areas completely leveled by the storm.

Asbestos guidelines to follow during storm cleanup to ensure safety

• 8/21/2020 1:35:00 PM
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In the aftermath of last week’s derecho, many Iowans are dealing with the clean-up of storm-damaged buildings. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides guidance related to waterfowl hunting in damaged crop fields

• 8/19/2020 7:17:00 AM
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Hunters planning to hunt waterfowl in fields damaged by the derecho storm on Aug. 10 need to be aware of what has taken place in the field after the fact to stay in compliance with the regulations.

State Parks continue to assess damage, some closed indefinitely following Monday’s storm

• 8/13/2020 5:19:00 PM
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The derecho that hit a large portion of Iowa on Monday, August 10 left several state parks with significant damage forcing some closures due to unsafe conditions.

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup damaged trees

• 8/13/2020 4:14:00 PM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they begin cleaning up the extensive tree damage from Monday’s historic storm.

Rainfall, high lake water levels causing lakeshore to collapse into Iowa’s Great Lakes

• 6/26/2018 11:54:00 AM
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LAKE OKOBOJI -- Due to the tremendous amounts of rainfall that have inundated Dickinson County, the Iowa Great Lakes and surrounding lakes are experiencing rising lake levels. With these rising lake levels, property owners are reporting erosion damage to shorelines.