Iowa
Littering in our woods and waters is a problem we need to solve
How many times as kids were we told by our parents to pick up after ourselves, to clean our rooms, to clean up the trash? Yet, as I look along our roadsides and ditches and at our lakes and beaches, I don’t think we really learned to pick up after ourselves.
It seems that here in the Iowa Great Lakes, one of the worst areas for littering is in Millers Bay on West Okoboji Lake during the summer.
Iowa’s annual spring spotlight survey underway, providing information on wildlife
Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring
Iowa DNR surveys show good brood numbers last two years as turkey hunters await opener
Iowa hunters should have opportunities to bag a turkey during the upcoming spring season, which
Littering in our woods and waters is a problem we need to solve
How many times as kids were we told by our parents to pick up after ourselves, to clean our rooms, to clean up the trash? Yet, as I look along our roadsides and ditches and at our lakes and beaches, I don’t think we really learned to pick up after ourselves.
It seems that here in the Iowa Great Lakes, one of the worst areas for littering is in Millers Bay on West Okoboji Lake during the summer.
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Iowa’s annual spring spotlight survey underway, providing information on wildlife
Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations.
The annual survey is conducted from mid-March to mid-April in each county, beginning an hour after sunset, preferably on nights with low wind, good visibility and high humidity. The routes cover different habitats from river bottoms, to farm fields, prairies, woodlots, pastures and timber stands.
Iowa DNR surveys show good brood numbers last two years as turkey hunters await opener
Iowa hunters should have opportunities to bag a turkey during the upcoming spring season, which will begin April 4 for youth and continue with four gun/bow seasons for hunters ending May 14.
That’s the likelihood, following the pattern of increased hen and poult numbers according to 2021 and 2022 surveys compiled by the state Department of Natural Resources. Hens with broods and the number of poults with hens have shown increases over five-year averages.
Iowa clay target program offers opportunity for kids of nearly all ages and ability levels
The Scholastic Clay Target Program is a nation-wide, team-based clay target shooting program for grade, middle, high school and collegiate shooters. Established in Iowa in 2006, SCTP has grown by leaps and bounds to a record number 4,493 Iowa youngsters in 2022. Iowa’s SCTP is a coed sport with the leadership of 500 certified coaches.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources serves as the state advisor for the SCTP program and is responsible for providing assistance to new teams, training coaches, overseeing competition leagues and the state championships.
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