Iowa’s statewide fishing report on April 25, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on April 25, 2025.
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Michigan conservation officers succeed in two search-and-rescue efforts
Conservation officers with the Michigan DNR serve their communities in many ways, including search-and-rescue efforts in the woods and on the water. Two recent examples occurred in the northern Lower Peninsula.
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Michigan man will proceed to trial for impersonating emergency responders
Douglas Allen Smith, 66, from Lewiston pleaded not guilty to four charges related to impersonating an emergency responder in the Montmorency County 88th District Court on April 11.
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Wisconsin DNR seeking tips on illegal shooting of important bull elk for central herd
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help to gather information on the illegal killing of a bull elk in Jackson County.
DNR staff received and responded to a report of a dead elk on the morning of Tuesday, March 18. The elk was located off East Snow Creek Road and on private property north of the city of Black River Falls where department staff were conducting elk capture efforts to radio-collar and relocate a small group of elk.
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Fish kill being investigated in northern Iowa stream
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill at the South Branch of Lizard Creek in Fort Dodge in Cerro Gordo County, one county south of the Minnesota border.
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Minnesota DNR wraps up Madison Lake access project
The Minnesota DNR has completed upgrades at the Madison Lake Public Water Access, located on the east side of Madison Lake, east of the city of Mankato in Blue Earth County. The project is among the more than 40 public water access sites slated for large-scale modernization efforts thanks to the Get Out MORE (Modernize Outdoor Recreation Experiences) initiative.
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Well designed, actively managed CRP benefits pheasants and more
Smoke plumes on the horizon is evidence that its peak season for annual prescribed fire across Iowa.
Prescribed fire is the most cost-effective way to manage land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), providing ecological benefits to native plantings which in turn, benefit wildlife, and in particular, pheasants.
“Managing CRP is important in order to maintain quality habitat for pheasants, namely the brood rearing and nesting cover it provides,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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Iowa’s statewide fishing report on April 11, 2025
A look at Iowa’s fishing report from across the state on April 11, 2025.
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How will Iowa turkey hunters follow up a record harvest from 2024?
A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024.
The first of Iowa’s four regular spring turkey seasons opens on April 14.
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