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Groundwater report and proposed rules on Environmental Protection agenda

• 12/6/2018 1:22:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The biennial groundwater status report and proposed rule changes are up for approval at the Dec. 18 Environmental Protection Commission meeting.

Air Quality permits under review

• 12/6/2018 1:20:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards.

Sign Up by Jan. 31 to use the Master Matrix

• 11/29/2018 8:29:00 AM
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Counties interested in using the Master Matrix to evaluate construction permit applications for confinement (totally roofed) animal feeding operations must pass and submit a construction evaluation resolution each year. Submit the resolution to DNR between Jan. 1 and 31 for the Master Matrix year that starts in February 2019.

DNR enforcement actions

• 11/15/2018 3:19:00 PM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions.

Air Quality permits under review

• 11/15/2018 3:18:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards.

North Carolina and Louisiana hunters plead guilty to multiple major hunting violations

• 11/13/2018 9:37:00 AM
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TAYLOR COUNTY, Iowa - On Wednesday, November 7, Iowa DNR Conservation Officers Andrea Bevington and Adam Arnold were checking hunters in deer camps in Taylor County when they observed one group of hunters with an untagged deer.  After interviewing the hunters, the conservation officers uncovered numerous hunting violations including falsifying residency and hunting with Missouri deer licenses in Iowa. 

Man run over while setting up deer blinds for veterans hunt

• 11/12/2018 9:39:00 AM
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JASPER COUNTY, Iowa – At approximately 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, November 10, a man was run over by a Polaris Ranger at the Reichelt Unit Area while setting up hunting blinds for a veteran’s deer hunt.

Enforcement actions

• 11/8/2018 1:36:00 PM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions. The following list summarizes recent enforcement actions

Air Quality permits under review

• 11/8/2018 1:34:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits.

Air, solid waste and water contracts on Nov. 20 EPC agenda

• 11/8/2018 1:31:00 PM
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DES MOINES - Contracts, including an innovative research project to visualize and work toward a sustainable Iowa, are on the Nov. 20 agenda of the Environmental Protection Commission.

Third Quarter IUP Update

• 11/8/2018 9:18:00 AM
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The fiscal year 2019 Intended Use Plans (IUPs) Third Quarter Update for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and the Drinking Water SRF are now available for public review and comment.

Quail hunter injured while on group hunt

• 11/6/2018 11:34:00 AM
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PAGE COUNTY, Iowa – Iowa DNR Conservation Officers are investigating a hunting incident involving a group of quail hunters in Page County on November 1.

Natural Resource Commission to meet via teleconference November 8

• 11/5/2018 2:00:00 PM
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Des Moines, Iowa – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet via teleconference at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 8. The teleconference will originate from the Wallace State Office Building, fourth floor conference room, 502 East Ninth Street, in Des Moines.  

Air Quality permits under review

• 11/5/2018 1:58:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits.

Iowa DNR compliance actions

• 11/5/2018 1:56:00 PM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions.

Top 3 ways to handle fall leaves

• 10/31/2018 1:54:00 PM
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Fall leaves are beautiful -- until they pile up in your yard. But don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put them to good use. Your leaves, branches and other landscape materials can nourish your lawn, garden or community.

Help a Bat: Build a Bat House!

• 10/31/2018 1:13:00 PM
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Bats are a great addition to any backyard - not only are their nightly aerial acrobatics fun to watch during the summer, they are also an excellent source of pest control and will kill loads of those pesky mosquitoes!

Upcoming hunter education classes

• 10/30/2018 1:36:00 PM
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Hunter Education Classroom courses are offered by knowledgeable and certified volunteer instructors and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers. Classroom courses are typically 12-15 hours in length and are held over 2 to 3 sessions (days). In order to receive certification, a student must attend all sessions and pass the final exam.

Air Quality permits under review

• 10/29/2018 10:02:00 AM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits

Compliance Actions

• 10/29/2018 10:01:00 AM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses, and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions.

Agenda for November 8 Air Quality Client Contact Meeting

• 10/25/2018 3:45:00 PM
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An Air Quality Client Contact Meeting will be held Thursday, November 8, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in DNR Conference Room 2N at the Wallace State Office Building, 502 E. 9th St, Des Moines. A conference call option is available at: (866) 685-1580, code 515 242 5296#.

Body of missing boater located on Mississippi River

• 10/23/2018 2:38:00 PM
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GUTTENBERG, Iowa – On Thursday, October 18, around 3:00 p.m., a 911 caller advised he located a body in the Mississippi River.

Zebra mussels found in Lost Island Lake

• 10/23/2018 11:45:00 AM
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Ruthven, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently confirmed that zebra mussels are in Lost Island Lake near Ruthven in Palo Alto County.

Enforcement actions

• 10/18/2018 1:43:00 PM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions.

Stumped by Wet Weather? Some Tips for Confinement Manure Application

• 10/18/2018 10:30:00 AM
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Instead of sitting high and dry for harvest and fall manure application, virtually every county in the state now has saturated soils, ponded fields and high running streams. Manure applicators are waiting for that one dry week, and producers are worrying about emptying pits and compacting soils

Harrison County leads the way allowing hunter access on private land

• 10/16/2018 12:41:00 PM
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PERSIA, Iowa - A few weeks ago, Terry Plummer noticed that just around sunset, the trees in his yard were filling with monarchs that had stopped for the night on their 2,000 mile annual migration to central Mexico. Plummer, who spent his life farming in Harrison County, didn’t recall that happening before.

Spencer man injured in hunting incident

• 10/16/2018 12:38:00 PM
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa – On October 14, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources was notified of a single-person hunting incident on Barringer Slough in Clay County, Iowa.  

Lake Shawtee becoming not-so-secret pheasant and quail hunting spot

• 10/9/2018 1:04:00 PM
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Imogene, Iowa - A 1,200-acre grassland in northeast Fremont County has been hosting pheasant and quail hunters since the late 1980s. Positioned in southern Iowa’s quail belt, Lake Shawtee is in the region with the highest quail counts in the state, and that saw its pheasant counts rise to the second highest in a decade.

Hunters enjoy diverse experiences at Madison County wildlife area

• 10/9/2018 1:02:00 PM
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East Peru, Iowa - Heather Jobst arrived for a tour of a potential new wildlife area and was immediately struck by the uniqueness of the parcel’s size, lack of internal roads and its location less than an hour from Des Moines.

Environmental Commission to consider Easter Lake and well testing contracts

• 10/4/2018 12:08:00 PM
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DES MOINES – A lake restoration project and grants to counties for well testing are on the meeting agenda for the Oct. 16 Environmental Protection Commission.

Air Quality permits under review

• 10/4/2018 12:06:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits. Submit comments in writing to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the public comme...

Iowa DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease at public meetings in Cresco and Decorah

• 10/4/2018 9:17:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting public meetings in Cresco and Decorah to discuss the upcoming deer hunting season and new monitoring efforts for chronic wasting disease.

Natural Resource Commission to meet October 11 in Des Moines

• 10/1/2018 9:28:00 AM
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Des Moines, Iowa – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 11, in the Wallace State Office Building, fourth floor conference room, 502 East Ninth Street, in Des Moines.  

DNR enforcement actions

• 9/27/2018 2:34:00 PM
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DES MOINES – DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws.

Iowa DNR to discuss chronic wasting disease at Oct. 4 public meeting

• 9/21/2018 8:35:00 PM
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CORYDON, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a public meeting to discuss the upcoming deer hunting season and new monitoring efforts for chronic wasting disease on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., in the 4H Banquet Hall on the Wayne County Fairgrounds, 800 Second Avenue, in Corydon.

Air quality permits under review

• 9/20/2018 11:48:00 AM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits.

Opportunity to Submit Air Quality Client Contact Meeting Agenda Items

• 9/20/2018 8:38:00 AM
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The Air Quality Bureau is accepting agenda topics for the next Air Quality Client Contact Meeting.

Public Comment Period for the 2015 Ozone Infrastructure State Implementation Plan

• 9/18/2018 8:55:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is requesting public comment on the State of Iowa’s state implementation plan (SIP) for the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone.

After the rain, take time to check water quality

• 9/14/2018 10:14:00 AM
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After the rain ends is the best time to check below your open feedlots and dairy operations to see if your manure controls are working as planned. According to Shawn Shouse, Iowa State University ag engineer, taking a walk on the wet side after a cloudburst gives you valuable information about your lot -- information you just can’t get when the lot is dry. 

Air Quality permits under review

• 9/13/2018 2:02:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits.

DNR investigating manure spill in Clinton County

• 9/13/2018 12:22:00 PM
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CLINTON – Wednesday, while doing a follow-up check on manure application just north of Clinton, the DNR found manure in a tributary of Silver Creek flowing into Silver Creek and about three miles to the Mississippi River.  

2018 Iowa mussel blitz on the Iowa River

• 9/11/2018 1:10:00 PM
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The Iowa River, from the Coralville Dam to Hills, was the focus of this year’s annual research project to inventory and map the distribution of Iowa’s mussels, often called clams. 

EPC to tour northeast Iowa prior to September 18 meeting

• 9/6/2018 2:09:00 PM
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ELKADER—Prior to its business meeting, the Environmental Protection Commission will learn about the unique geology that makes northeast Iowa a trout-fishing destination.

Air Quality permits under review

• 9/6/2018 2:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits.

Natural Resource Commission to meet September 13 in Mills County

• 9/5/2018 2:45:00 PM
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PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, at the Mills County Conservation Board Nature Center, 56235 Deacon Road, in Pacific Junction.

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