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Discounted trees available at distribution events this fall

• 9/3/2024 12:00:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through a partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is offering large shade trees, low-growing ornamental and fruit trees, and evergreen tree species at discounted prices.

Habitat diversity draws bird watchers, hunters to Copeland Bend

• 7/16/2024 12:14:00 PM
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Forty miles south of Council Bluffs on the Missouri River is the 3,500-plus-acre Copeland Bend Wildlife Area, an expansive mix of grasslands and high-quality wetlands constructed after the extensive flooding in 2011, when the big river was closed to boating, and levees up and down the Big Muddy were breached.

Postponed winter community trout locations will be ready for anglers soon

• 1/25/2024 2:40:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will stock trout at Blue Pit in Mason City, Moorland Pond in Fort Dodge, and Big Lake in Council Bluffs by the end of this week.

DNR postponing trout stockings in Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge

• 1/16/2024 3:21:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is postponing the trout stockings scheduled for this Friday, Jan. 19 at Big Lake, Council Bluffs, and Moorland Pond, Fort Dodge, due to unsafe ice conditions and extreme cold weather.

Council Bluffs discharging wastewater from I-80 Sanitary Pump Station for force main repairs

• 11/14/2023 11:13:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The City of Council Bluffs began discharging wastewater from the I-80 Sanitary Pump Station at 5 a.m. Tuesday. The discharge is necessary to repair a damaged force main. Repairs will be conducted as quickly as possible but may take several days.

Lake Manawa State Park opens new campground

• 6/28/2022 3:18:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS – The new campground at Lake Manawa State Park has opened.

Small wastewater discharge to Council Bluffs creek

• 5/5/2022 8:17:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS—Wednesday morning a plugged sewer line at the Conagra Brands facility in Council Bluffs caused wastewater to overflow, eventually reaching Mosquito Creek.

Green Hill Wildlife Area won’t remain a secret for long

• 6/23/2021 6:58:00 AM
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One of Iowa’s newest public wildlife areas is in the backyard of Council Bluffs and outside of a few keen-eyed hunters who noticed the green signs last fall, not many people know about it.

Lake Manawa State Park to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony on Sept. 24

• 9/22/2020 2:07:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and local community groups will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a new campground at Lake Manawa State Park at 1 p.m. on Sept. 24, 2020.  

DNR investigating unknown sheen on Mosquito Creek

• 9/11/2020 3:23:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On September 10, MidAmerican Energy contact DNR Field Office staff to alert them of a sheen noticed on Mosquito Creek.

Wastewater released in Council Bluffs

• 6/23/2020 4:49:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS—The city of Council Bluffs requested permission to release untreated wastewater to the Missouri River after discovering problems with a sewer line this morning.

DNR officers help overturned personal watercraft on Lake Manawa

• 6/16/2020 1:28:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The DNR and Council Bluffs Fire Department were notified of a personal watercraft that had overturned on Lake Manawa, Sunday, June 14. 

Forney Lake Wildlife Area offers outdoor recreation all year long

• 6/9/2020 3:21:00 PM
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Thurman, Iowa - Sitting 30 miles south of Council Bluffs is a been-here-forever, old school kind of place that has been attracting duck hunters from across southwest Iowa for more than 100 years. Forney Lake Wildlife Area, acquired by the State of Iowa from the Forney family in 1943, has become a 1,317-acre public land mix of natural wetlands and Loess Hills bluffs, bisected by Bluff Road, in northwest Fremont County.

Trout stocking at Big Lake postponed

• 1/14/2020 2:48:00 PM
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Council Bluffs, Iowa – The trout stocking scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 18 at Big Lake has been postponed due to unsafe ice conditions.

DNR investigates boat crash involving BWI, injures one

• 9/17/2019 1:40:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- On September 15, 2019, at approximately 7:30 pm at Lake Manawa, a boat and a personal watercraft (PWC) were leaving a 5 mph zone and gaining speed, going in the same direction, when the PWC made an abrupt right turn and collided with the front of the boat, according to witnesses.

Non-resident user fee pilot project underway at Lake Manawa, Waubonsie state parks

• 8/27/2019 11:53:00 AM
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Council Bluffs, Iowa - With Labor Day Weekend just a few days away, nonresidents visiting Lake Manawa State Park or Waubonsie State Park are reminded of a new nonresident vehicle fee requirement that began on Aug. 15.

DNR removes no-wake speed restriction on Lake Manawa

• 7/29/2019 2:59:00 PM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has lifted the no-wake speed restriction, which equates to roughly 5 mph, for boating on Lake Manawa.

Family trout fishing event this Saturday in Council Bluffs

• 2/5/2019 11:04:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS – A family friendly trout fishing event will be held at Big Lake this Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

River Valley OHV Park closed for clean up

• 6/12/2018 11:52:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources continues to focus on clean-up efforts following a fire at the River Valley OHV Park in April, forcing the park to remain closed for a lengthy amount of time.

Wastewater discharge in Council Bluffs

• 10/26/2017 8:19:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS – Late Wednesday afternoon DNR received a report from the city of Council Bluffs that untreated wastewater had discharged into Indian Creek and then into the Missouri River near Gifford Road in Council Bluffs.

Trout stocking at Big Lake postponed

• 1/19/2017 3:06:00 PM
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Council Bluffs – The trout stocking scheduled for tomorrow, Jan. 20 at Big Lake has been postponed until spring due to rapidly deteriorating ice conditions. 

Boating Collision Near Council Bluffs Being Investigated by Iowa DNR

• 7/5/2016 8:02:00 AM
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COUNCIL BLUFFS – A boating collision that resulted in one vessel sinking to the bottom of the Missouri River is being investigated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.