Iowa’s statewide fishing report on June 6, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on June 6, 2025.
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Efforts to restore the prairie at Iowa’s Green Valley State Park already bearing fruit
A young male turkey is slowly walking to the safety of a pile of downed cedar trees, near the entrance road to Green Valley State Park’s campground in Iowa. The tree piles located around the park are part of a project reclaiming the hillsides for prairie, offering important nesting for grassland birds and protecting the lake from sediment erosion.
“These transition periods can be a little visually messy, but when the prairie is back on the land and visitors can see the lake, it will be pretty neat,” said Chad Paup, wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) nearby Grand River Unit.
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Reward offered as Wisconsin DNR seeks information on illegal shooting of important bull elk
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) still needs the public’s help to gather information on the illegal killing of a bull elk in Jackson County.
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward, and the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the successful prosecution of this incident.
Grayling, Mich., man is arraigned in campground pipe theft case
A Grayling man faces two felony charges, including safe breaking and possession of burglary tools, following arraignment May 23 in Crawford County’s 87-C District Court.
Andrew William Michalak, 54, was arraigned for his involvement in a series of state forest campground thefts targeting payment collection sites – known as pay pipes – where campers deposit cash.
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Michigan DNR awards $148,300 in deer habitat grants in the Upper Peninsula
Community groups, conservation clubs and even K-12 students in the Upper Peninsula will improve hundreds of acres of land to support the deer population through a matching grant program partially funded by deer license revenue.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is awarding a total of about $148,300 to 15 projects as part of the 2025 Upper Peninsula Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative. There are 14 new projects and one carryover from last year.
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Iowa’s statewide fishing report on May 29, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on May 29, 2025.
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Earlier pheasant hatch starting across Iowa, with peak still expected in June
The first reports of pheasant chick broods have been coming in to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the past two weeks, marking the beginning of the 2025 hatching season.
The mild winter and favorable April weather led to some early nesting across much of the state and while May is primarily an incubation month, June is when the peak hatch occurs.
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It’s time to target bluegills on lakes across Iowa
In late May and early June, male bluegill build nests that female bluegill lay eggs in. Bluegill nests are circular depressions, 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Built in clusters called beds, they appear to look like the surface of a golf ball or elephant tracks.
Male bluegills are easy to catch when they are guarding the nests in shallow water.
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Iowa’s statewide fishing report on May 23, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on May 23, 2025.
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