by Dar Danielson | Apr 12, 2024 | News, Outdoors
Iowa DNR spokesman Peter Hildreth says the annual walleye collection was successful. “The goal is to collect enough fish to hatch 154.8 million walleye fry that will supply Iowa lakes and fish hatcheries,” Hildreth says. He says the eggs are removed from...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 10, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A House panel has voted to set aside a quarter of a million dollars for projects that make Iowa’s state parks more accessible to visitors with disabilities. Republican Representative Norlin Mommsen of DeWitt says it’s a first installment for needed...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 9, 2024 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines announced the largest expansion in zoo history Monday. Zoo CEO Anne Shimerdla says the expansion and renovation effort will include the “Wild Iowa” exhibit on Iowa’s endangered species. “There are over 100...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 8, 2024 | News, Outdoors
DNR staff are now going out after dark and driving back roads to conduct surveys of wildlife. State deer biologist, Jace Elliott, says it’s something they do every spring. “Every county has two different 25-mile transects that run from east to west across...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 8, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A coalition that supports Iowa’s long-standing “Bottle Bill” says 29 counties are now “redemption deserts” where there is nowhere to take an empty beverage can or bottle and redeem the deposit fee. Iowa lawmakers changed the Bottle Bill...