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DNR to discuss bobcat recovery and management Jan. 18 at EB Lyons Nature Center

• 12/21/2022 2:45:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be discussing bobcat management at 7 p.m., Jan. 18, at the EB Lyons Nature Center, in Dubuque. The meeting is open to the public.

White Pine Hollow is as wild as it gets in Iowa

• 6/7/2022 1:55:00 PM
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“If there’s a place you can get lost in Iowa, this is it,” said Curt Kemmerer, wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Maquoketa Wildlife Unit while bushwhacking through White Pine Hollow State Preserve in northwestern Dubuque County.

Dubuque residents encouraged to secure garbage, remove pet food and bird feeders to avoid encountering wandering black bear

• 5/19/2022 3:17:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is working with the City of Dubuque, the Dubuque County Conservation Board and the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department to monitor the movements of the black bear that has been seen in northeast Dubuque since early May.

State Preserve Advisory Board plans tours of Lamson Woods and White Pine Hollow state preserves

• 5/4/2021 2:41:00 PM
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The purpose of these two tours will be to view the preserves in the field as preparation for reviewing newly proposed management plans, which will be discussed at a Preserves Board business meeting to be conducted at a future date.

Dead fish found Monday at fertilizer spill site in Dubuque

• 6/23/2020 7:47:00 PM
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DUBUQUE—During a follow-up check at the site of a fertilizer spill Monday, the DNR found elevated ammonia levels and dead fish in the southeast corner of Bee Branch Pond in Dubuque.

Spring community trout stocking starts March 27 - CANCELLED: Due to COVID-19 precautions

• 3/10/2020 11:46:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries staff will release between 1,000 to 2,000 rainbow trout in 11 lakes across Iowa in March and April as part of its cool weather trout program.

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

Fish kill reported in Dubuque County

• 3/28/2019 8:55:00 AM
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PEOSTA, Iowa – On Monday, March 25, DNR environmental specialists and fisheries staff began investigating a fish kill caused by manure runoff in Dubuque County.

Commission approves extending Dubuque special deer management zone seasons to increase deer samples

• 1/24/2019 8:26:00 AM
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Iowa hunters in the Dubuque area have the opportunity to extend their deer hunting season and help the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sample more deer for chronic wasting disease in and around their city. The Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa DNR approved the Jan. 26 to Feb. 10 deer management zone season extension Wednesday.

Public meeting on fatal deer disease set for January 17 in Peosta

• 1/15/2019 1:05:00 PM
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Peosta, Iowa - Deer hunters who hunt in Dubuque County take note– chronic wasting disease (CWD) has shown up in your area. A tissue sample collected from a road killed deer 2-1/2 miles southeast of Dubuque has tested positive for the always fatal disease.

Chronic wasting disease confirmed in 14 Iowa deer including first positive in Dubuque County

• 1/11/2019 1:55:00 PM
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DES MOINES - Fourteen tissue samples from wild Iowa deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease, bringing the total deer testing positive to chronic wasting disease in Iowa to 44

Fish kill under investigation in Dubuque County

• 5/12/2018 8:47:00 AM
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PEOSTA - The DNR was unable to determine the cause of a fish kill in Whitewater Creek, Dubuque County, that occurred sometime in the first week of May.

Fish kill in Dubuque County caused by dairy runoff

• 10/31/2017 3:11:00 PM
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DYERSVILLE – The DNR received laboratory results last week confirming that ammonia toxicity in runoff from a dairy was responsible for an October fish kill in Dubuque County.

Fish kill investigated in Dubuque County stream

• 7/10/2017 5:25:00 PM
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DUBUQUE COUNTY, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources investigated a fish kill July 5 through 7 in and near the east side of White Pine Hollow State Preserve in the northwest corner of Dubuque County.

Peregrine falcons building on nesting successes

• 5/9/2017 3:01:00 PM
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DES MOINES - Peregrine falcons have increased their presence in Iowa, with peregrine partners and volunteers now reporting 20 peregrine falcon territories in the state.

Bat survey looking for volunteers

• 4/18/2017 12:13:00 PM
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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 Hardin, Marshall, Jackson, and Dubuque counties. 

Fish kill on Dubuque County's Whitewater Creek still undetermined

• 10/13/2016 2:13:00 PM
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MANCHESTER – The fish kill count is in, but the responsible party for a pollutant that killed nearly 8,000 fish in Whitewater Creek in mid-September remains undetermined.