by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 22, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
State officials are repairing an electric fish barrier in Lost Island Lake, which is near Ruthven in northwest Iowa. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says the barrier is targeting a fish that’s considered a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 21, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
State officials have treated a 19 acre section of the state’s deepest natural lake to kill a fast-spreading, invasive plant. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Eurasian watermilfoil was discovered in three...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 8, 2023 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is reporting the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has filed a lawsuit seeking over $1.5 million from a Marengo plant that exploded in December. Twenty people were treated at a hospital after the explosion at the C6-Zero plant in Marengo....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 1, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Department of Natural Resources has advised against swimming in 11 lakes across the state again this week. The DNR’s Jason Palmer in the Water Quality division says the return of wildlife and agricultural runoff toward the end of the season has created an...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 1, 2023 | News, Outdoors
An Iowa Department of Natural Resources expert says many of the state’s rivers may not be deep enough for canoes and kayaks right now. The DNR’s Todd Robertson is a certified canoe instructor. “The majority of water trails and rivers that we have...