by Dar Danielson | Aug 2, 2023 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa DNR says a sample from a road-kill deer in Marshal County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). DNR biometrician, Tyler Harms, says it’s the first detection there. “This will be our 16th county that we’ve detected the...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 11, 2023 | News, Outdoors
There’s at least one positive that may come out of Iowa’s stretch of dry weather. Iowa DNR wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz says it will likely lead to good pheasant numbers. “Of course we always say we like warm dry springs and so we run the dry...
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...