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Eurasian watermilfoil treated in Iowa’s West Okoboji canals

The battle continues in the fight against Eurasian watermilfoil on the canals of West Lake Okoboji in Iowa.
According to Mike Hawkins, fisheries biologist, treatment of the infected areas took place on Sept. 20 using the fast-acting herbicide called ProcellaCOR. This was the result of the decision made by the Iowa DNR and a local task force of community stakeholders on Aug. 8 to treat the impacted area of 19 acres. Jason Euchner, DNR Aquatic Vegetation Biologist, handled the treatment.

Eurasian watermilfoil treated in Iowa’s West Okoboji canals

The battle continues in the fight against Eurasian watermilfoil on the canals of West Lake Okoboji in Iowa.
According to Mike Hawkins, fisheries biologist, treatment of the infected areas took place on Sept. 20 using the fast-acting herbicide called ProcellaCOR. This was the result of the decision made by the Iowa DNR and a local task force of community stakeholders on Aug. 8 to treat the impacted area of 19 acres. Jason Euchner, DNR Aquatic Vegetation Biologist, handled the treatment.

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Iowa’s West Fork Wildlife Area emerges from historic flood of 1993

West Fork Wildlife Area in Palo Alto County, Iowa, was developed after the historic flood of 1993, then expanded after the floods of 2018 and 2019 as landowners exited the floodplain.  
Flooding disturbed the land to the point where it could no longer be farmed successfully, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service partnered with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Palo Alto County Conservation Board to enroll much of the impacted ground into the federal Emergency Watershed Protection program.

Secluded Winford Wildlife Area supports quality deer and pheasant populations

That narrow access lane off a dead-end road is the only way in and out of the Winford Wildlife Area, a 637-acre floodplain grassland, just north of Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
The public wildlife area was created after the Skunk River blew out a levee in 2008 and flooded adjacent crop fields. These fields had been farmed since the early 1900s, but the levee giving out was the final straw. Farmers working the sandy, silty soils decided it was time to get rid of the headache and enroll this land into the Wetland Reserve Program. 

Fishing and wildlife operations top Iowa DNR status quo budget request

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will present a stand-pat budget for fiscal year 2025 totaling nearly $109 million, following unanimous approval last Thursday by the Natural Resources Commission at its monthly meeting in Des Moines.
The budget will total $108,995,218 and must be approved by the Environmental Protection Commission before being submitted for consideration to the State Legislature. The fiscal year will begin July 1, 2024.

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