Ticks thriving after mild winter
Associated Press
May 16, 2023
In Connecticut, ticks are showing up in greater numbers this year, according to Goudarz Molaei, a tick expert for the state.
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While still rare, bear sightings becoming a more regular occurrence in parts of Iowa
DNR Report
May 12, 2023
There’s a pretty good chance that, in the next several weeks, northeast Iowa will be visited by a few wandering black bears coming down from Minnesota and Wisconsin ahead of the breeding season.
According
Tournament anglers who cheated in Lake Erie walleye championship sentenced to jail time
Maggie Kelch
May 11, 2023
Two tournament fishermen who pleaded guilty to felony cheating charges after they were disqualified from the Lake Erie Walleye Trail (LEWT) Championship in September of 2022 are headed to jail.
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Two commissioners complete terms on Iowa DNR board
Tom Giese
May 11, 2023
A pair of longtime Iowa Natural Resources Commission members recently completed their terms on the board.
Margo Underwood, the longest currently serving member, completed 14 years on the commission. She served during the tenures of
Restoring Iowa’s shallow-water lakes
Steve Weisman
May 11, 2023
Since 2006, the Iowa DNR has gone about restoring shallow lakes across the state through the Lake Restoration Program.
Since its inception, this aggressive lake restoration plan has brought 30 lakes back to life,
Plans released for 2023 Okoboji Blue Water Festival, Iowa’s foremost clean-water event
Steve Weisman
May 6, 2023
Don’t miss this date: Saturday, August 12. That’s the day for the eighth annual Okoboji Blue Water Festival (OBWF), the foremost clean water event in the state of Iowa. Held at the Preservation Plaza green
Iowa DNR Natural Resource Commission meeting open to the public on May 11
DNR Report
May 5, 2023
The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m., May 11, in the Wallace State Office Building, second floor, north conference room, 502
Iowa spring meetings give hunters an opportunity to be heard
Tom Giese
May 5, 2023
A total of 472 people attended the meetings at 15 locations throughout the state from February 20-23. Three sessions were canceled due to hazardous weather. But even for those who couldn’t attend, their ideas could
Electric barrier, ongoing research fight off Asian carp in Iowa’s Okoboji chain
Steve Weisman
May 4, 2023
In August of 2011, while fisheries biologists were collecting data on the fish in Iowa’s Okoboji chain, they discovered two bighead carp that were between 14 and 16 inches in length.
The next spring
