Pheasant survey results highest in eight years 8/29/2023 2:12:00 PM View Count 13820 The 2023 August pheasant population survey had the highest statewide counts since 2015, with the biggest increases coming from southwest, northwest and northeast regions. The statewide average was nearly 23 birds per route; a 15 percent increase over 2022.
Air Toxics Update: New Requirements for Paper and Other Web Coating 11/24/2020 9:13:00 AM View Count 1546 EPA recently updated several federal regulations for hazardous air pollutants (also known as HAP or air toxics). EPA’s actions address the Risk and Technology Review (RTR) required under the U.S. Clean Air Act.
Air Toxics Update: Vegetable Oil Production 6/4/2020 8:44:00 AM View Count 2496 EPA recently updated several federal regulations for hazardous air pollutants (also known as HAP or air toxics). EPA’s actions address the Risk and Technology Review (RTR) required under the U.S. Clean Air Act.
For Iowa’s deer hunters, the wait is nearly over, shotgun deer seasons begin Dec. 7 11/19/2019 2:02:00 PM View Count 20231 Heading into Iowa’s busiest outdoor ‘opening day,’ shotgun deer season hunters should expect to see about the same number of deer in the timber as last year – with the possible exception for hunters in southcentral Iowa, where local deer populations were impacted by an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease.
Pheasant, quail, rabbit, dove and partridge harvest all increased in 2018 8/13/2019 4:05:00 PM View Count 3235 Pheasant hunters’ harvested nearly 320,000 roosters in Iowa during the 2018 season, which was the highest harvest total since 2008. In 2017, hunters harvested an estimated 221,000 roosters.
New law allows approved pistol cartridges for use in rifles to hunt deer 11/15/2017 10:00:00 AM View Count 201986 Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall while hunting deer during the youth season, disabled hunter season and both shotgun seasons – rifles that are capable of shooting straight walled cartridges.
New law allows approved pistol cartridges for use in rifles to hunt deer 4/18/2017 12:14:00 PM View Count 65521 Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall while hunting deer during the youth season, disabled hunter season and both shotgun seasons – rifles that are capable of shooting straight walled cartridges.
Charles City urging paddlers and trail users to avoid area at popular trail bridge crossing 4/11/2017 12:26:00 PM View Count 3400 Charles City – Charles City has closed the area around the Charley Western Trail Bridge, between South Grand and Clark Street, due to a partial bridge collapse. One of the bridge’s three arches partially collapsed Saturday morning just south of the popular Charles City Whitewater Park.