Online information available for addendum to Briggs Woods Lake Water Quality Improvement Plan 12/17/2020 11:34:00 AM View Count 1924 WEBSTER CITY – Iowans interested in an addendum of a DNR study to improve water quality in Briggs Woods Lake in Hamilton County can view a presentation on the Iowa DNR’s YouTube channel.
DNR releases latest draft of 303d impaired waters list 12/1/2020 4:23:00 PM View Count 3069 DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the newly released draft impaired waters list. Data released by the Iowa DNR today shows 99 impairments are recommended to be removed from the 303d impairment list, once approved by the EPA.
Local Iowa groups can receive financial assistance to launch clean water campaigns 7/12/2018 1:33:00 PM View Count 3898 DES MOINES — Beginning July 12, Iowa groups looking for help implementing innovative, regional and locally led Clean Water Awareness and Education Campaigns can apply for funding from the Iowa DNR Watershed Improvement Section.
Kerns family deeply rooted in conservation 5/19/2017 3:18:00 PM View Count 13592 Jim and Jody Kerns’ belief in conservation and education is as deeply rooted as the trees that protect the banks along their Volga River property.
Watershed efforts have lasting effects at Nine Eagles, Slip Bluff 3/28/2017 10:53:00 AM View Count 6483 Improving water quality is not an overnight success or a quick fix. It takes time, but it can also be sustained over the long haul – which two southern Iowa lakes have shown over the last decade.
A Return to Glory Days at Little Storm 2/17/2016 9:47:00 AM View Count 11265 Longtime Storm Lake Mayor Jon Kruse remembers the glory days of waterfowl hunting in Little Storm Lake during the 1960s and’70s, but by the early ‘80s the ducks were gone. The marsh became a silt-filled carp nursery with little vegetation.