When I first moved to Estherville, Iowa, in 1978 one of the obvious draws as an outdoor person was the Iowa Great Lakes. There were so many sloughs, ponds and lakes to explore and to
Across 20 U.S. states, there are 16.4 million acres of public land that are effectively off-limits to the public. In Minnesota and Wisconsin alone, there are over 300,000 inaccessible public acres, meaning there isn’t a
After record low precipitation in September and October, drought conditions have reappeared across much of Iowa, causing river and stream flows to drop to similar levels as in 2023. Heading in to winter, the potential
Four turkeys cautiously left the safety of the timber’s cover to wander into a small alfalfa field to hunt for insects at the aptly named Turkey River Wildlife Area.
The 410-acre public area in
It wasn’t all that long ago when ice fishing, equipment-wise anyway, was a simple sport. Pack some gear in a sled, fill the auger with gas and oil, trudge onto the ice, and start cutting
Fall is a great time to catch fish in Iowa’s rivers.
“You are never far from one of Iowa’s many rivers,” said Greg Gelwicks, Iowa DNR interior rivers research biologist. “Fall is a
The American sportsman continues to be characterized with negative descriptions by some, being described as a gun-toting, blood-thirsty neanderthal hoping to shoot Bambi with a bazooka. Sadly, some people believe that.
However, the reality
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering with Optimal Aquafeed and Page County Conservation Board to stock rainbow trout at 9 a.m., Oct. 19, in RAPP Park outside of Shenandoah.
Approximately 800
After more than 100 years, they’re back! The much anticipated re-stocking of the American paddlefish into Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji began Tuesday, Oct. 8 with a release at the Emerson Bay Boat Ramp in Emerson
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