Mixed signals heading into Iowa pheasant season
But state wildlife biologist says he expects almost a repeat of 2016 pheasant season, where hunters harvested about 250,000 roosters.
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DNR: Outlook good for Iowa squirrel hunters
Squirrel hunters should expect to find an average to above average squirrel population over most of the state, with higher squirrel numbers in areas with quality oak and hickory trees, according to the Iowa DNR. Squirrel season opens Sept. 2. Fox squirrels can be found anywhere there are a few acres of trees, but gray
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Mount Ayr Wildlife Area: Iowa’s outdoor playground – and hunting haven
Mount Ayr, Iowa – The Mount Ayr Wildlife Area is a 1,500-acre outdoor playground on the way to nowhere. While travelers are not likely to stumble upon it, hunters would be wise to know its location. The Mount Ayr Wildlife Area is part of the seven county Grand River Wildlife Unit in southwest Iowa. Chad
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Iowa DNR: Landowners, hunters, bird-watchers realize Big Marsh’s benefits
Parkersburg, Iowa — The Big Marsh Wildlife Area is a working example of the benefits of taking wet farmland where crops struggle 70 percent of the time and creating a large public area with expansive wetlands and prairies attractive to waterfowl and waterfowl hunters, snakes, shorebirds, pheasants, deer, turkeys and even endangered wood turtles. This
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Zebra mussels found in Iowa-Nebraska border lake
The Iowa DNR is watching Carter Lake after juvenile zebra mussels were recently found in a water sample collected by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) staff. Although veligers were detected, intensive sampling the past week did not find any adult zebra mussels. Carter Lake, a border water, is jointly managed by the Iowa DNR
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Iowa preps for popular dove hunting season
Hunters getting ready to pursue the country’s most popular game bird are encouraged to visit the areas they plan to hunt before opening day.
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Iowa’s Rinehart archery shoot: ‘This year we hope to skip the rain and welcome more than 1,000 participants’
Archers from Iowa and across Midwest to converge on Volga River State Recreation Area Aug. 18-20.
Weather, fisheries-related incidents taking a toll on Iowa fish
The end of summer can be a difficult time for underwater dwellers. When temperatures are high and oxygen levels are low, fish and other water critters are particularly vulnerable. That’s been the case in Iowa this summer, according to a news release from the Iowa DNR. “We have received several reports of small summer fish
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Trout hit hard in Iowa fish-kill incident
Fisheries staff counted approximately 1,260 trout, 673 white suckers and 300 other dead fish.
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