The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill at the south branch of Lizard Creek near Fort Dodge. Information from the DNR says they received a call from CJ Bio America in Fort Dodge that a fertilizer byproduct had emptied into a stormwater...
The wild turkey hunting season gets underway today with the youth season. Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says hunters bagged a record 16,000 birds last year. “We’re expanding a similar harvest this year as well, because most turkeys that hunters...
Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in collecting the northern pike needed this year. “Within one...
A consultant has been hired to review the best way to remove a low-head dam and improve the area around it at an eastern Iowa park. DNR River Programs Coordinator Nate Hoogeveen says the Palisades Kepler State Park gets a lot of visitors. “It’s in an...
The unseasonably warm weather we’re having is likely going to put an end to the ice fishing season in most of Iowa. DNR spokesman Mick Klemesrud says it hasn’t been a great season up to this point either. “We had a lot of places, including on the...
