With the temperatures rising in Iowa, the weekly report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources includes some warnings about ice fishing in areas of the state. The agency warns ice conditions are changing rapidly in north central Iowa and, in northeast Iowa, ice...
DNR state deer biologist Jace Elliott says hunters took just shy of 102,000 deer through the various seasons this year, which is similar to last year. He says the numbers varied quite a bit through each region. “Some places that stand out are the Cedar Valley in...
The state Environmental Protection Commission has approved the use of federal funding to continue support of the Lake Rathbun watershed protection program in southern Iowa. Ginger Murphy from the DNR’s Water Quality Bureau oversees the project to improve aquatic...
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has approved a new three-year contract for monitoring the water quality in the state’s lakes. DNR environmental specialist Dan Kendall says the contract continues the partnership with Iowa State University. “ISU...
Iowa hit an air quality goal in December that had been in the works for more than ten years. The DNR’s Ed Tormey says the EPA determined that the Muscatine area reached the federal mandated level for sulfur dioxide emissions. “With that action by EPA, the...
