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Iowa DNR auction will be held live online on April 19

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) annual spring auction will be held online at 10 a.m., April 19, 2025.
The Iowa DNR has been tasked for decades to represent the State of Iowa to manage the annual sale of confiscated long guns (rifles, shotguns, bows) to the public who have the state or federally required permits to acquire. Handguns, AR platform rifles and select miscellaneous guns are not included in this sale.

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Ice-out channel catfish are biting in Iowa

Channel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and large reservoirs across Iowa just after the ice is gone. The bite starts sooner in southern Iowa impoundments since they lose ice a week or two before northwest Iowa natural lakes.
After eating light during the winter, channel catfish are prone to feed heavily during early spring, cleaning up small fish that died over the winter.

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Iowa fishing educator earns Brass Bluegill Award from DNR

Bob Harris is the recipient of the 2024 Brass Bluegill award from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fish Iowa! program.
Harris started a nonprofit organization in 2020 to promote fishing for Junior and Senior High School students. The Southwest Iowa Fishing Team aims to promote, advance, and sponsor amateur youth fishing for boys and girls in Southwest Iowa and surrounding communities. 

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Wisconsin DNR says 750-acre wildfire in Green Lake County now 100% contained

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Tuesday morning announced that a 750-acre Big Island Fire in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area in Green Lake County is now 100% contained as of midnight.
The fire broke out at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 17. It burned primarily in cattails and marsh grass. Six homes were evacuated and saved, and approximately 12 outbuildings were saved.

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