DNR News Releases

Make a Financial Investment with the High-Value Hardwood Packet from the State Forest Nursery

1/5/2016 9:33:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Add some value to your future forest, with the High-Value Hardwood specialty packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.

Winter Wonderland: Trees to Put Wonder in Your Winter

12/1/2015 6:52:00 AM
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Spruce up your yard or acreage and put some wonder in your winter with these trees and shrubs that will look good all year long.

State Forest Nursery Offers to Pay Public for Tree Seeds

10/13/2015 10:38:00 AM
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Iowa’s State Forest Nursery has a need of seed to propagate some of their seedling stock this coming year.

State Forest Nursery and Sportsman's Warehouse Team Up for the Upland Game Bird Specialty Packet

10/6/2015 12:00:00 PM
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Hunters and landowners can do their part of help winter survival of their favorite game birds and other upland species by purchasing and planting an Upland Game Bird Specialty packet this month from the State Forest Nursery. And as a thank you, the first 20 orders will receive a $25 gift card to Sportsman’s Warehouse.

Love Fall Color? Plant Some for Yourself with a Specialty Packet from the State Forest Nursery

9/15/2015 12:00:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR State Forest Nursery is kicking off a year of monthly specialty packets with September’s focusing on fall color. Each month, the State Forest Nursery will create a different specialty packet which will offer a unique mix of species available only that month.

A Walk on the Wild Side: Preparation Canyon and Iowa's Loess Hills

6/3/2015 4:34:00 AM
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Visiting western Iowa’s razor-ridged Loess Hills on a hot, breezy summer afternoon that eventually succumbs to the ruling grandeur of a moonlit night is surely as intense an experience today as it was for renowned naturalist and University of Iowa professor Bohumil Shimek as he describes it in a section of the 1909 Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report.