This time of year can be almost overwhelming with the number of pursuits it has to offer. Soon, thousands of people around the state will be hunting the elusive morel mushroom, and many for the first time.
When it comes to hunting wild mushrooms, Ohio is one of the best places in the world to forage.
During more than 20 years of doing the survey, we have documented the explosion of bald eagles, an increase in the number of wintering red-shouldered hawks and the expansion of black vultures north and west from the southeastern counties, survey organizer Greg Grove noted.
The Iowa Ornithologists’ Union is celebrating it’s 100-year anniversary as part of its annual spring meeting, May 5-7, at the Stine Barn and grounds, 4000 Turnberry Drive, in West Des Moines. Anyone who enjoys birding is invited to attend and there is no requirement to attend the entire weekend.
More than 20,000 seedlings will be planted in Iowa’s Volga River State Recreation Area this spring thanks to a combined effort by Alliant Energy, the Arbor Day Foundation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
As part of an effort to restore American shad in New York, DEC Fisheries staff, in collaboration with the PA Fish and Boat Commission, recently stocked 322,000 American shad fry into the Susquehanna River in Endicott.
As in previous stockings, fish were marked so if they are recaptured, DEC staff will be able to obtain useful information on fish growth, movement, and stocking success.
Purchase of the parcels, bordering the Leo Grau Wildlife Management Area in Buena Vista County and the Little Lost Island Lake/Dewey’s Pasture Wildlife Management Area in Clay County, was approved on a 4-2 vote. Voting in favor were members Margo Underwood, Uriah Hansen, Tammi Kircher and Marcus Branstad. Voting against were members Laura Hommel and Laura Foell.
Visitors to four Iowa state parks will see improved signage thanks to action taken Thursday, March 9, by the Natural Resources Commission.
The board approved two contracts totaling $176,850 for 620 signs at the parks. Both bids were awarded to Pillar, Inc., of Nevada. The vote was unanimous by commission members.
State wildlife officers continue to investigate how a bighead carp got into a small lake at a municipal park in Xenia, Ohio.
Bighead carp are a species of invasive Asian carp. It is illegal to possess live bighead carp in Ohio.
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to rub elbows with some amazing people. Perhaps topping the list was Harry Peter Grant Jr., who died last Saturday at the age of 95.
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