by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 8, 2023 | News, Outdoors
Warmer weather is finally here and Iowans who love to fish are getting out on — or beside — their favorite bodies of water, casting lines and seeing what they can catch. Nate Carr, a state DNR conservation officer from Eldora, says besides your fishing...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 17, 2023 | News, Outdoors, Recreation / Entertainment
Crews with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau have been collecting walleye eggs for the next crop of the fish in the state’s lakes. Chris Clouse helped with the collection on Lake Rathbun, and says they had a lot of success. “Roughly...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 13, 2023 | News, Outdoors, Top Story
The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has given final approval for a continuous open season for hunting and trapping raccoons on private lands. The DNR says there has been a steady increase in the raccoon population in the last 20 years, and they get many reports of...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 4, 2023 | News, Outdoors
Iowa’s spring turkey hunting season is scheduled to start later this week. Nate Carr, a conservation officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Iowa’s youngest hunters will fire the first shots. “Youth season is going to get us...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 13, 2023 | News, Outdoors
DNR state deer biologist, Jace Elliott, says testing during the recent season found more cases of chronic wasting disease. “Unfortunately, about 84 deer tested positive across the state this year. Now keep in mind, that’s out of about 5000 deer that were...