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DNR warns again of deteriorating ice conditions after another incident

• 1/6/2020 6:47:00 AM
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LEHIGH, Iowa – The DNR is again reminding Iowans of deteriorating ice conditions after another extremely dangerous situation took place at Brushy Creek Lake on January 2, 2020.

New Rathbun Reservoir map available on the DNR website

• 12/17/2019 1:07:00 PM
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Fisheries staff from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources recently surveyed Rathbun Reservoir. An updated fishing map is available on the DNR website.

Hunting restricted at Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Area refuge to non-waterfowl species

• 12/16/2019 1:08:00 PM
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The 450-acre wildlife refuge section of Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Area in Tama County is open for public use, including for hunting game species other than waterfowl, and for trapping.

Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Area refuge opens Dec. 13

• 12/5/2019 9:00:00 AM
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The 450-acre wildlife refuge section of Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Area in Tama County will be open for public use, including hunting and trapping, beginning Dec. 13. 

DNR investigates wastewater release in Solon

• 12/4/2019 6:32:00 AM
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SOLON—This morning, staff from the city of Solon in Johnson County reported a release of partially treated wastewater which flowed overland into Mill Creek.

DNR responds to semi crash with leaking diesel fuel

• 11/29/2019 2:42:00 PM
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GRUNDY COUNTY, Iowa - DNR environmental specialists responded to a semi tractor trailer leaking diesel fuel after a crash on November 26 in Grundy County.

Ramsey Subaru donates bike racks to five Iowa state parks

• 10/22/2019 3:54:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Ramsey Subaru of Des Moines has donated $2,500 to purchase bike racks at five Iowa state parks. The dealership will present the check at a small ceremony at Big Creek State Park on Friday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

With its premier location on the migration superhighway - Otter Creek Marsh is about to get busy

• 10/8/2019 11:42:00 AM
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Chelsea, Iowa - The viewing platform on County Road E66 can be a busy place when the annual migration is on. Looking out at the 3,800-acre Otter Creek Marsh, the platform offers and excellent view of tens of thousands of waterfowl, raptors and other birds as they zero in on this perfectly placed oasis during their journey each spring and fall.

Earling discharging wastewater in Shelby County

• 10/7/2019 10:45:00 AM
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EARLING – With one lift station pump out for repair, the city of Earling’s remaining pump failed, sending untreated wastewater from the pumping station into Mosquito Creek.

Red discharge enters Little Beaver Creek in Grimes

• 10/1/2019 3:07:00 PM
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GRIMES - Workers discovered a red color in the Grimes wastewater treatment plant when they arrived at 7 a.m. Oct. 1.

DNR investigating fish kill in Backbone State Park trout streams

• 9/30/2019 11:48:00 AM
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DUNDEE – DNR staff investigated a fish kill in Backbone State Park Sept. 28 after trout anglers reported seeing dead fish in Richmond Springs and Fenchel Creek.

Strong storms in northeast Iowa cause flooding, closures at Yellow River State Forest

• 9/19/2019 2:30:00 PM
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HARPERS FERRY, Iowa – Flash flooding has forced closures at Yellow River State Forest campgrounds and trails. 

DNR traces fish kill to Poweshiek County poultry operation

• 9/19/2019 6:48:00 AM
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MALCOM—DNR staff spent two days in the field looking for the source of a fish kill on Little Bear Creek one mile west of Malcom.

DNR offers safety tips for paddlers on Beaver Creek in Johnston

• 8/29/2019 4:07:00 PM
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Paddlers using the newly opened access point on Beaver Creek in Johnston are advised to be aware of all conditions – including water levels, flow rates, recent floods, and upstream firearm trainings at Camp Dodge– that can affect the on-water experience.

DNR investigating fish kill near Jefferson

• 8/22/2019 6:36:00 AM
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JEFFERSON—DNR is onsite investigating a fish kill in Hardin Creek about two miles east of Jefferson in Greene County at 5 p.m. today.

Sheen on Iowa City creek investigated

• 8/19/2019 9:23:00 AM
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IOWA CITY - An ongoing sheen on Ralston Creek in Iowa City has been traced to a seep in the bed of the creek.

DNR tracking fish kill in White Breast Creek near Osceola

• 8/7/2019 1:02:00 PM
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OSCEOLA—The DNR is tracking a spill from the Osceola wastewater treatment plant that is causing a fish kill in White Breast Creek.

Fish kills illustrate stream vulnerability

• 7/25/2019 2:48:00 PM
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DES MOINES—Three fish kills reported to DNR in two days illustrate the importance of taking extra caution with chemicals and other pollutants when the weather is hot and dry.

DNR investigating fish kill on lower Walnut Creek

• 7/24/2019 10:45:00 AM
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DES MOINES -- The DNR is investigating a fish kill along a two-mile stretch of lower Walnut Creek after a citizen reported seeing dead fish yesterday. DNR field staff were onsite yesterday and continue to investigate.

Natural Resource Commission to meet June 13 at Honey Creek Resort, near Moravia

• 6/5/2019 3:09:00 PM
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Moravia, Iowa – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet at 8:30 a.m., June 13, at Honey Creek Resort, Mercy Medical Center Conference Room, 12633 Resort Drive, Moravia.

Big Creek boat ramp temporarily closed for emergency road repairs

• 6/4/2019 2:08:00 PM
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POLK CITY, Iowa -- Emergency repairs are needed after recent rainfall damaged NW 100th Street leading up to the boat ramp at Big Creek. The repairs are expected to take up to one week and will require the road to be temporarily closed during this time and will restrict access to the boat ramp located at the end of the drive.

Manure release from Clinton County dairy

• 4/26/2019 12:45:00 PM
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CHARLOTTE – Late Wednesday, DNR investigated a complaint about manure overflowing north of Charlotte, about 15 miles northwest of Clinton.

Summer season highlights topic of Brushy Creek, Dolliver public meeting

• 4/23/2019 3:14:00 PM
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Lehigh, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a public meeting to discuss upcoming activities at Dolliver State Park and Brushy Creek State Recreation Area for the 2019 season. The meeting will be held in Center Lodge at Dolliver State Park, beginning 6 p.m., on April 29.

DNR investigating four manure runoffs due to weather conditions

• 4/18/2019 12:30:00 PM
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DNR field offices are investigating four manure runoffs in relation to a weather system dropping heavy rainfall totals that moved through the northern and northwest part of the state late last week.

Boaters warned to avoid the hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River

• 3/26/2019 1:06:00 PM
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Fort Dodge - The Fort Dodge Hydroelectric Dam, formerly a 16-feet high dam, has been partially removed to about five feet high.

Trout stocking at Bacon Creek re-scheduled for Feb. 16

• 2/5/2019 11:07:00 AM
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SIOUX CITY – The trout stocking at Bacon Creek is scheduled for Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Previously scheduled for Jan. 26, the stocking was postponed due to unsafe ice conditions.

Manure release west of Winterset ended

• 1/17/2019 1:46:00 PM
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WINTERSET - An ongoing manure release discovered Jan. 9 four miles west of Winterset ended over the Jan. 12 to 13 weekend.

Water quality improvements lead to mussels’ return, Lime Creek off state impaired waters list

• 1/17/2019 1:44:00 PM
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BUCHANAN COUNTY — For Lime Creek, it’s a tale of two lists; it’s a story that moves from the state’s impaired waters list to the distinction of landing on the Outstanding Iowa Waters list. The effort was also just recognized as a water quality success story by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

DNR responds to ongoing manure release west of Winterset

• 1/10/2019 8:22:00 AM
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WINTERSET - DNR staff were on site four miles west of Winterset responding to a spill at a hog confinement today.

Trout stocking at Bacon Creek postponed

• 1/8/2019 12:37:00 PM
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SIOUX CITY – The trout stocking and family trout fishing event scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 12 at Bacon Creek has been postponed due to unsafe ice conditions.

Outdoors skills classes offered at Olofson shooting range

• 1/8/2019 12:34:00 PM
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Polk City, Iowa - The Olofson Shooting Range, at Big Creek State Park, has scheduled more than 70 outdoor skills programs open to the public in 2019, including hunter education, hand gun basics, taxidermy, Dutch oven cooking, how to use a trail camera and more. Programs begin on Jan. 16 with a course on cleaning and storing guns.  

Spilled diesel fuel reached Willow Creek in Clear Lake last Thursday

• 1/3/2019 12:53:00 PM
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CLEAR LAKE – Last Friday, Dec. 28, DNR investigated the site of a diesel fuel spill on the northeast side of Clear Lake.

DNR investigated Clinton County manure spill Saturday

• 12/17/2018 8:24:00 PM
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WASHINGTON – Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, DNR responded to a complaint of discolored water in an unnamed tributary of Elk Creek about three miles southeast of Andover in Clinton County.

DNR investigates fatal hunting incident in Marion County

• 12/10/2018 2:26:00 PM
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MARION COUNTY, Iowa – Iowa DNR conservation officers responded to a fatal hunting incident on Sunday, December 9, 2018 around 4:30pm near Lake Red Rock.

DNR investigated discharge to Four Mile Creek tributary

• 11/2/2018 6:04:00 PM
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ANKENY—A storage tank overflowed at the Air Gas plant on SE Creekview Drive in Ankeny over the weekend, sending about 1,000 gallons of lime slurry into a tributary of Four Mile Creek.

7 lakes you’ve got to fish this fall

• 10/23/2018 3:27:00 PM
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Get out and enjoy Iowa’s fantastic fishing opportunities. The air is cool, the views are picturesque, lakes are less crowded and the fish are easy to catch.

Large volume of treated wastewater discharged in Hancock County

• 10/23/2018 8:21:00 AM
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KANAWHA - According to Kanawha wastewater treatment staff, a lagoon at the treatment plant failed sometime recently, probably after 11 a.m. Sunday morning, sending treated wastewater into West Otter Creek.

Popular Village Creek boat ramp on Mississippi River reopened

• 10/16/2018 12:45:00 PM
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LANSING - The Village Creek public boat ramp, south of Lansing, has reopened with new improvements. The ramp was closed for construction July 5 through the first week of October.

DNR investigates Butler County manure release

• 9/27/2018 2:30:00 PM
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BRISTOW - Yesterday DNR staff investigated a manure spill caused by a broken water line in a hog confinement located about three miles north of Bristow.

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.  

Several state parks impacted by recent heavy rains, flash flooding

• 9/4/2018 1:14:00 PM
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Several state parks are experiencing impacts from the recent heavy rainfall forcing closures of the parks and many trails

Learn to Hunt series teaches waterfowl hunting basics at Butch Olofson

• 8/21/2018 12:45:00 PM
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Polk City - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Capitol Callers Chapter of Delta Waterfowl are offering two classes teaching waterfowl hunting basics at the Butch Olofson Shooting Range, near Big Creek State Park.

Fuel reaching Catfish Creek near Peosta appears limited

• 8/9/2018 2:15:00 PM
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PEOSTA – Cleanup of Monday’s diesel spill near Peosta will take weeks or months, but the amount of diesel fuel that reached Catfish Creek appears limited according to the DNR.

Fish kill north of Runnells appears limited to five miles

• 7/25/2018 8:47:00 AM
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PLEASANT HILL - A fish kill that began in Camp Creek east of Pleasant Hill and about five miles north of Runnells in Polk County appears to be limited to less than five miles of Camp Creek, DNR investigators said today.

DNR investigating spill and fish kill north of Runnells

• 7/24/2018 11:32:00 AM
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PLEASANT HILL - Iowa DNR field staff are investigating a fish kill that began in Camp Creek east of Pleasant Hill and about five miles north of Runnells in Polk County.

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