Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning 2/23/2024 9:05:00 AM View Count 2869 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.
Updated Meteorological and Elevation Data Available for Use in Air Dispersion Modeling 5/8/2023 3:49:00 PM View Count 2261 When the EPA released updates to the AERMOD modeling system on June 27, 2022, they included updates to AERMET, the preprocessor used to generate meteorological data for use in AERMOD.
Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning, Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit 3/20/2023 4:15:00 PM View Count 2452 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.
Water level to drop at West Swan Lake ahead of restoration 9/6/2022 1:02:00 PM View Count 3383 GRUVER - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will start lowering the water level at West Swan Lake, near Gruver in Emmet County as part of a restoration project to improve its water quality, eliminate a rough fish population and provide quality habitat for fish and wildlife.
Fishing regulations relaxed at West Swan Lake in Emmet County 4/19/2022 11:57:00 AM View Count 1512 ESTHERVILLE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relaxed the fishing regulations at West Swan Lake in Emmet County to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated to eliminate an overabundant population of bullhead and common carp, and restore water quality and habitat.
Winter aeration system in use at three Northwest Iowa lakes 1/4/2022 12:54:00 PM View Count 2089 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has turned on the winter aeration systems at Center Lake and Silver Lake in Dickinson County, and Ingham Lake in Emmet County.
Remnant prairie is heart of Anderson Prairie Wildlife Area 8/17/2021 11:34:00 AM View Count 3111 At roughly 200 acres, Anderson Prairie State Preserve is one of the largest remnant prairies in Iowa and with more than 220 different plant species it is one of the most diverse places in the state.
Badger Creek Wildlife Area - Popular hunting and fishing spot west of the Des Moines metro benefiting from change to prairie 5/25/2021 12:02:00 PM View Count 4654 Van Meter, Iowa - A steady stream of people found their way to Badger Creek a few years ago, not for the quality fishing or to hunt pheasants or ducks, but for the food plot planted and managed for the mourning dove season. They were here for the sunflowers.
Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning 3/18/2019 8:31:00 AM View Count 3219 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.
Laboratory to temporarily stop testing for nitrate in water after malfunction of new equipment 12/18/2018 8:37:00 AM View Count 2638 STORM LAKE, Iowa -- Mangold Environmental Testing (MET), in Storm Lake, has agreed to temporarily stop testing drinking water samples for nitrate, effective December 14, 2018, due to potentially inaccurate sample results.
Update to Meteorological Data Used for Dispersion Modeling 5/3/2018 10:49:00 AM View Count 3149 On April 24, 2018, the EPA finalized updated versions (v18081) of the air dispersion modeling software AERMOD, AERMAP and AERMET.
Update to Meteorological Data for Inclusion of New Processor Default 5/24/2017 4:53:00 PM View Count 3605 On January 17, 2017 the final revisions to the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Appendix W) were published in the Federal Register. The effective date of the rule was subsequently delayed but became effective on May 22, 2017.
Update to Meteorological Data Used for Dispersion Modeling 1/3/2017 3:09:00 PM View Count 3778 On December 20, 2016, the EPA finalized updates to the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Appendix W) as well as updated versions (v16216) of AERMOD, AERSCREEN and AERMET.
Results of Emmet County Fish Kill Available 8/5/2016 8:36:00 AM View Count 4252 SUPERIOR – At least 605 fish were killed about four miles northwest of Estherville, according to numbers released today by Iowa DNR.
DNR investigating third fish kill this week 8/4/2016 4:59:00 PM View Count 4163 SUPERIOR – DNR environmental and fisheries staff are investigating the third fish kill this week, this time in western Emmet County about four miles northwest of Estherville.
Wastewater Discharge in Armstrong 5/12/2016 3:36:00 PM View Count 4360 ARMSTRONG – A power outage caused a pump to fail in the city of Armstrong in Emmet County early Thursday morning.
Dispersion Modeling Data and Guidance Updates Available for Use 12/4/2015 9:28:00 AM View Count 4201 The DNR has updated the pre-processed meteorological data for AERMOD, the default background concentrations, and various guidance documents. Projects with approved protocols that include approval to use the old data, and modeling analyses submitted prior to December 4, 2015, will not have to use the new data. Applicants submitting new projects on or after December 4 should begin using the updated data and guidance immediately. The updates are summarized below.