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Stay safe this harvest season

• 10/8/2024 11:54:00 AM
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AMES - As fall harvest starts across Iowa, the risk of wildfires in crop fields increases. Iowa is seeing dry conditions for this fall with relative humidity dropping down to dangerous levels for wildfires and ignition sources in the fields. Higher afternoon temperatures are also expected with the National Weather Service issuing both Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches across Iowa.

Boil advisory issued for communities in Adair County due to pressure loss event

• 10/7/2024 7:44:00 PM
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A boil advisory has been issued for the communities of Greenfield, Fontanelle and Orient in Adair County following a water main break.

Public invited to field day highlighting forest management

• 4/23/2024 11:34:00 AM
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FAYETTE, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Iowa State University Extension will be showcasing various forestry practices at Volga River State Recreation Area as part of a public field day, on May 21

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field To Fork deer hunting program

• 1/16/2024 3:16:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.

Greenfield wastewater leak near Middle Nodaway River

• 10/23/2023 7:18:00 AM
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GREENFIELD -- On Friday, Oct. 20, a sewer line break caused untreated wastewater to reach an unnamed tributary of the Middle Nodaway River north of 230th Street/North Townline Road on the north edge of Greenfield. Residents should keep children and pets away from the unnamed tributary at 230th Street north to the confluence of the Middle Nodaway River.

Water level to drop at Meadow Lake

• 6/27/2023 4:42:00 PM
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GREENFIELD – The water level of Meadow Lake near Greenfield in Adair County will be lowered 3 feet starting the week of June 26, to help improve the size of bluegills in the lake. The water will be released slowly over the next two weeks to avoid any downstream impacts.

Workshop to help communities fund redevelopment of abandoned or contaminated sites

• 5/11/2023 7:00:00 AM
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A free, one-day workshop designed to help local communities redevelop brownfield sites on June 6 in Cedar Rapids and June 7 in Des Moines. The type of properties for consideration are where environmental contamination or concerns about hazardous materials, such as asbestos or lead-based paint in building materials, have hindered a community's interest in acquiring and redevelopment. The workshop will introduce communities to new and expanded financial and technical resources available to help redevelop these si...

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field To Fork Deer Hunting Program

• 4/18/2023 4:24:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt with a bow, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.

Public invited to field day highlighting forest management

• 4/4/2023 11:47:00 AM
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FAYETTE, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Iowa State University Extension will be showcasing various forestry practices at Volga River State Recreation Area as part of a public field day on May 16.

DNR investigating water release from livestock trailer wash

• 3/29/2023 10:43:00 AM
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Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Field Office 4 were notified Tuesday afternoon of wash water release from an Iowa Select livestock trailer wash facility in Union County. 

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for upland bird virtual Q & A panel discussion

• 10/5/2022 7:02:00 AM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a virtual program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook upland birds to those with little or no upland bird hunting experience.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field to Fork archery deer hunting program

• 5/10/2022 1:55:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.

Annual Volga State Recreation Area forestry field day set for May 24

• 4/19/2022 11:52:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a forestry field day at Volga State Recreation Area on May 24, that will showcase different topics encountered by timber owners from oak regeneration to whether or not to hold a timber sale.

DNR checking manure runoff south of Bloomfield

• 10/22/2021 4:02:00 PM
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BLOOMFIELD - Today the DNR checked a manure discharge about five miles south of Bloomfield in Davis County.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field To Fork Deer Hunting Program

• 5/25/2021 12:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.

DNR’s Manchester field office has new location

• 4/1/2021 1:31:00 PM
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MANCHESTER—The DNR’s northeast Iowa field office has a new address.

DNR assists as city of Fairfield stops wastewater release

• 12/8/2020 7:04:00 PM
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FAIRFIELD - Tuesday morning, the DNR assisted the city of Fairfield with an ongoing wastewater overflow east of the Maharishi International University Recreation Center.

Quick action stops manure spill in Jefferson County

• 11/25/2020 4:41:00 PM
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FAIRFIELD - DNR staff followed up today on a manure spill that occurred about 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Forestry Virtual Field Day Planned at Shimek State Forest

• 9/29/2020 1:22:00 PM
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AMES, Iowa – The Shimek State Forest in Iowa’s southeast corner will again be featured for this year’s fall forestry field day – this time in a free online format.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides guidance related to waterfowl hunting in damaged crop fields

• 8/19/2020 7:17:00 AM
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Hunters planning to hunt waterfowl in fields damaged by the derecho storm on Aug. 10 need to be aware of what has taken place in the field after the fact to stay in compliance with the regulations.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for virtual dove hunting workshop

• 7/28/2020 12:38:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a free virtual workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook mourning dove to individuals who have little to no dove hunting experience.

Field to Fork program accepting applications for deer hunting workshop

• 6/16/2020 1:41:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, butcher and cook wild deer to individuals who have little to no deer hunting experience.

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.

Waterfowl hunters reminded of rules for hunting in flooded crop fields

• 10/15/2019 11:45:00 AM
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Iowa’s unusually wet spring and fall has created a unique situation in certain parts of the state where floodwaters are reaching crop fields and causing issues regarding what waterfowl hunters can and can’t do in these areas.

Forestry practices topic of six field days

• 10/1/2019 3:05:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University Forestry Extension are partnering to host field days across Iowa in October to showcase practices to improve timber stands, forest health, cost share programs available to woodland owners, battling invasive species, timber market updates and more.

Nodaway Valley teacher recognized for outstanding fishing program

• 8/13/2019 4:04:00 PM
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Norma McCutchan, life science teacher at Nodaway Valley High School in Greenfield, is the 2019 recipient of the Brass Bluegill award from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fish Iowa! program.

South Central field office moving to Des Moines

• 12/24/2018 1:42:00 PM
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After five years in Windsor Heights, DNR’s Field Office 5, serving 18 counties in south central Iowa, will move to Des Moines.

DNR south central field office moving Jan. 7

• 12/20/2018 1:49:00 PM
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WINDSOR HEIGHTS – After five years in Windsor Heights, DNR’s Field Office 5, serving 18 counties in south central Iowa, will move to Des Moines.

Waterfowl hunters reminded of rules for hunting in flooded crop fields

• 10/19/2018 12:27:00 PM
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Iowa’s unusually wet fall has created a unique situation where floodwaters are reaching fields and causing issues regarding what waterfowl hunters can and can’t do in these areas.

Wastewater discharges in Wright County

• 6/15/2018 10:44:00 AM
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GOLDFIELD - A leak in the city of Goldfield’s force main is apparently allowing wastewater to enter the Boone River.

Air Quality Offices Moving December 19

• 12/12/2017 3:54:00 PM
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The DNR’s Air Quality Bureau is moving to the Wallace Building, 502 E 9th St, Des Moines IA 50319, on December 19 and 20. Staff availability will be limited during the move dates.

Marcel named as chief of DNR’s field services

• 2/23/2017 11:48:00 AM
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DES MOINES– The Iowa DNR has chosen Jason Marcel to lead the agency’s Field Services and Compliance Bureau, which includes many frontline DNR staffers who explain scientific, legal and regulatory details that protect Iowa’s air, land and waters. 

Workshop to help communities redevelop brownfield sites

• 9/1/2016 1:24:00 PM
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A free Sept. 21 workshop in Ames will help communities identify resources to help redevelop and revitalize areas that may have environmental contamination.

DNR Investigating Discolored Water in Fairfield Creek

• 3/28/2016 6:32:00 AM
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FAIRFIELD – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a black substance found in a tributary of Cedar Creek in Fairfield.

Partnership Provides Hands-On Experience for College Students, Helps DNR Data Collection

• 3/1/2016 9:26:00 AM
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Forty students made their way into the main building on Hawkeye Community College’s farm lab in Waterloo on Wednesday morning where they joined staff from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources unloading a trailer of bobcats and otters for the day’s hands-on biology lesson.

Northeast Iowa Dairy Producer and DNR Working to Find Safe Manure Application Fields

• 2/18/2016 5:50:00 AM
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DECORAH – A dairy producer about 11 miles north of Decorah contacted the DNR this week seeking permission for emergency winter manure application.

Move Over, Turkey: Pheasant for Thanksgiving

• 11/24/2015 6:48:00 AM
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With pheasant numbers up, it's time to not only reinstate the annual Thanksgiving pheasant hunt tradition, but to put one on the table for the big holiday meal, too.

DNR Investigating Discharge to Creek Near Redfield

• 9/1/2015 12:00:00 PM
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REDFIELD – Following reports from concerned citizens about a smell near an unnamed creek east of Redfield, the DNR is investigating a discharge to the creek.