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Volunteers donate over 200,000 hours to Iowa DNR in 2018

• 3/26/2019 1:10:00 PM
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Each year, the Iowa DNR relies heavily on volunteers through partnerships and other avenues to keep Iowa’s natural resources in pristine condition.

Additional Operation ReLeaf event announced

• 3/26/2019 1:09:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will hold an additional Operation ReLeaf event in April in Marshalltown.

Fort Madison and Muscatine trout stockings re-scheduled for March 29

• 3/26/2019 1:08:00 PM
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The trout stockings at Wilson Lake, Fort Madison, are scheduled for March 29 at noon and 10 a.m. at the Discovery Park Pond, Muscatine.

Trout coming to North Liberty March 30

• 3/26/2019 1:07:00 PM
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North Liberty – A family-friendly trout fishing event will be held at Liberty Centre Pond, 820 West Cherry Street, on Saturday, March 30, at 11 a.m. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock 500 rainbow and 500 brook trout in the pond.

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.

Fourth of July campsite reservations open soon

• 3/26/2019 1:04:00 PM
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Campers anxious to reserve spots for the Fourth of July weekend should mark  April 4 on their calendars, when reservations for that day open.

Emergency wells being constructed in Hamburg and Glenwood to provide water to residents

• 3/25/2019 3:20:00 PM
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Updates on water use situations in Hamburg and Glenwood

DNR provides critical assistance during historic Iowa flooding

• 3/25/2019 3:18:00 PM
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WESTERN IOWA -- DNR conservation officers and park rangers have responded in droves providing crucial equipment and fulfilling extraordinary public safety rescue missions.

Save April 11 for the latest on Iowa EASY Air

• 3/22/2019 3:38:00 PM
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You’re invited. Please join us from 1 to 2 p.m., April 11, to find out how Iowa EASY Air can make submitting air quality permit applications a breeze.

Air Quality permits under review

• 3/21/2019 3:45:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits.

2019 Iowa BOW Spring Workshop - Don't Miss Out!

• 3/21/2019 9:43:00 AM
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Interested in learning outdoor skills associated with hunting, fishing and general outdoor pursuits? Join women of all ages as they try new activities, refine their skills, and meet like-minded individuals. This weekend workshop offers sessions ranging from intro to firearms, intro to fishing, landscaping for wildlife, boater education, wild game cooking, to city nature identification.

Water advisories in place for southwest Iowa communities

• 3/21/2019 8:07:00 AM
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SOUTHWEST IOWA – This morning the City of Glenwood's water treatment plant was inundated by the floodwaters, forcing the plant to be shut down and city officials have issued a boil water advisory.

Time to start controlling plants in Iowa ponds

• 3/19/2019 12:01:00 PM
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A healthy pond needs aquatic plants, but too many plants can limit the pond’s use and cause imbalances in the fish population. If you had problems using your pond last year, you could have similar problems this year.

Public meeting to discuss Viking Lake water level draw-down

• 3/19/2019 11:57:00 AM
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Stanton – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting at 7 p.m., April 2, at the Viking Lake concession building, to discuss plans to lower the water level at Viking Lake, in Montgomery County to improve the fish population in the lake.

Prairie Chicken Day is April 6

• 3/19/2019 11:50:00 AM
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Kellerton, Iowa - The first rhythmic and haunting cooing begins as the night sky fades and sunrise begins. The short grass prairie booming grounds prepares for a display found nowhere else in Iowa.

DNR postpones Fort Madison and Muscatine trout stocking

• 3/19/2019 11:49:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is postponing trout stockings scheduled for Friday, March 22 at Wilson Lake in Fort Madison, and at the Discovery Park Pond in Muscatine, due to heavy ice cover preventing fisheries staff from stocking trout.

Trout fee still required during relaxed fishing regulations at Lake of the Hills

• 3/19/2019 11:48:00 AM
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Davenport – Anglers who catch trout left over from a previous community trout stocking at Lake of the Hills during the relaxed fishing regulations are still required to have a valid trout fee to keep any trout. 

Glenwood, Pacific Junction, Hamburg residents urged to conserve water following impacts from flooding

• 3/18/2019 12:44:00 PM
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SOUTHWEST Iowa – The major flooding events in southwestern Iowa are impacting some water plants and wells, surrounding them by floodwaters or inundating them.

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

• 3/18/2019 12:42:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Black Hawk Wildlife Unit in Sac, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Crawford and Ida counties.

Cattle wastewater discharged in Pottawattamie County

• 3/18/2019 8:34:00 AM
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CARSON – Iowa DNR field office staff have been working with an animal feeding operation to address high levels of water in two earthen manure storage basins located about 20 miles east of Council Bluffs.

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

• 3/18/2019 8:31:00 AM
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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.

Runoff from manure application reaches Storm Lake

• 3/15/2019 3:09:00 PM
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STORM LAKE - Wednesday afternoon, a complaint sent Iowa DNR staff to investigate a claim that manure runoff was reaching Storm Lake.

Flooding causing closures at state parks

• 3/14/2019 2:34:00 PM
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The current flooding impacting parts of Iowa is also causing some closures at state parks and recreational areas throughout the state.

Water Summary Update: cold, wet February brought more than 40 inches of snow

• 3/14/2019 1:20:00 PM
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DES MOINES — More than 40 inches of snow fell in parts of northern Iowa in February, while temperatures fell as low as 20 degrees below zero, according to the latest Water Summary Update.

Contracts on Environmental Protection Commission’s March meeting agenda

• 3/14/2019 1:18:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Environmental Protection Commissioners will be asked to approve several contracts during a teleconference meeting on March 19.  

Facing Spring Manure Application Challenges

• 3/14/2019 8:33:00 AM
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Warm weather and rain are causing rapid snowmelt this week. The result? Saturated fields, ponding, and streams running high.

Snow melt, rainfall and flooding cause wastewater discharges in parts of the state

• 3/14/2019 8:32:00 AM
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DES MOINES - Heavy rainfall, fast snow melt, ice jams and flooding starting in northwest Iowa caused several wastewater discharges from city treatment plants.

Humbling and exhilarating, Iowa’s springtime turkey hunting seasons are only a few weeks away

• 3/12/2019 1:02:00 PM
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Enjoy those easy-to-see large flocks of turkeys feeding in the fields while you can. In the next few weeks, the winter flocks will break up, and where you saw them last weekend is not where they’ll be when spring turkey season opens in April.

Include safety as part of the spring turkey hunting preparation

• 3/12/2019 1:00:00 PM
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Spring turkey hunting success and safety comes down to the same thing – proper planning.   

1,864 archers compete at state archery tournament

• 3/12/2019 12:58:00 PM
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1,864 archers from 88 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament March 9-10, in Des Moines.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at West Lake Park in Scott County

• 3/12/2019 12:56:00 PM
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Davenport – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will relax the fishing regulations at Lake of the Hills, Railroad Lake, Lambach Lake and Bluegrass Lake at West Lake Park starting April 1st to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lakes’ water levels are lowered this summer.

Boater education is goal of national effort March 17-23

• 3/12/2019 12:55:00 PM
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A national campaign is encouraging boaters to Spring Aboard by enrolling in a boater education course before the kickoff to the boating season.

Grant helps provide fishing opportunities for Hispanic families and diverse audiences in Iowa

• 3/12/2019 12:54:00 PM
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The Iowa Hunter Education Instructors Association was awarded a George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education grant to engage diverse audiences, including Hispanic families, in fishing this summer and fall in the Des Moines Metro and other Central Iowa communities, as well as the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area.

Title V Facilities' Emissions Reports due March 31, 2019

• 3/11/2019 1:45:00 PM
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Facilities subject to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act must submit their emissions inventories for 2018 to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Air Quality Bureau by March 31, 2019.

Iowa DNR to host deer disease meeting March 25 in Peosta

• 3/11/2019 1:42:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be in Peosta on March 25 to discuss the local results of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) monitoring effort and available options going forward.

$500 Million in Public and Private Water Quality Funding Identified in Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Report

• 3/7/2019 1:36:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Iowa State University, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report is now available.

Make an Iowa State Park cabin your Spring Break destination

• 3/6/2019 9:19:00 AM
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With spring break quickly approaching, make sure you set your plans now for a getaway in one of Iowa’s state park cabins! While the season isn’t in full bloom yet, don’t let that stop you from enjoying a stay at one of 10 state parks with available spring cabins. It’s easy to make an Iowa state park cabin your spring break destination:

Iowa Great Lakes curlyleaf pondweed management plans for 2019

• 3/5/2019 12:48:00 PM
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Spirit Lake - Invasive curlyleaf pondweed has become a common site in the spring on portions of the Iowa Great Lakes in recent years. The 2019 plan for managing this plant will be similar to 2018, but treat more acres.

State archery tournament begins March 9 in Des Moines

• 3/5/2019 12:47:00 PM
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An estimated 1,900 Iowa students from fourth through 12th grade will be at the Iowa State Fairgrounds March 9-10 competing in the Iowa State Archery Tournament.

Two DNR programs offer discounted trees to public

• 3/5/2019 12:45:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be offering discounted trees through the DNR Residential Tree Program at three locations this spring.

Spring community trout stocking starts March 22

• 3/5/2019 12:44:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries staff will release between 1,000 to 2,000 rainbow trout in ten lakes across Iowa in March and April as part of its cool weather trout program.

Timber management techniques benefit oaks, wildlife in southern Iowa forests

• 3/5/2019 12:43:00 PM
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The tracks jumped out from the old, crusty snow - they were big - likely from a trophy - and some of the largest Jeff Glaw has seen.

How to identify Iowa's eagles

• 3/5/2019 10:38:00 AM
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Eagles are essentially massive hawks that are often seen perched in the open or soaring on very long broad wings.

Cool things you should know about jackrabbits

• 3/5/2019 9:29:00 AM
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Once a well-known resident of Iowa’s grasslands, the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) calls Iowa home in much lower numbers today due to loss of habitat. However, they still remain one of Iowa’s most interesting mammals!

Natural Resource Commission to meet via teleconference March 14

• 3/4/2019 10:12:00 AM
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Des Moines – The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will meet via teleconference at 8:30 a.m., March 14, originating from the Wallace State Office Building, fourth floor conference room, 502 East Ninth Street, in Des Moines.

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