
Star watch: Meet Venus, our closest neighbor
The second planet from the Sun and our closest neighbor will be at its best soon. On Sunday, June 4, 2023, Venus will reach its greatest elongation and appear very bright in our western night
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The second planet from the Sun and our closest neighbor will be at its best soon. On Sunday, June 4, 2023, Venus will reach its greatest elongation and appear very bright in our western night

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University are looking for volunteers interested in performing night time surveys for bats in Dubuque, Marshall/Tama/Poweshiek/Jasper, Pocahontas, Franklin/Hardin and Butler counties.
The survey monitors bat

A total of five construction projects were recently approved by the Iowa Natural Resources Commission, including projects at three state parks.
A new office area and shop will be built at Lake Wapello State

Trail cameras are a valuable tool used by many hunters. These eyes in the woods provide hunters and outdoor enthusiasts with a “24/7” look at game and non-game activity. What few folks don’t know is

On Aug. 3, 2022 Eurasian watermilfoil was found on East Okoboji and the lower chain of lakes. Mike Hawkins, Iowa DNR fisheries biologist, spearheaded a group of concerned residents and nonprofit organizations to decide how

Late last month, the morning after returning from a trip to California to take in the state’s iconic, towering redwoods, Rich Halvorsen’s phone lit up.
Halvorsen, president of the Mantrap Lake Association in Hubbard

Work is slated to begin this spring on the third phase of a $7 million Whiskey Creek restoration designed to improve water quality, water quantity and wildlife habitat in and along the 20-mile-long Red River

The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and other interests, according to a top administration official who defended the idea against criticism that it

Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for killing or injuring protected eagles dropped sharply in recent years, even as officials ramped up issuing permits that will allow wind energy companies to kill thousands of
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