Fishing column: Enjoying time above the ice as much as what’s below it
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Fishing column: Enjoying time above the ice as much as what’s below it
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is soliciting bids for a contractor to build 18 stone weirs along the shore of the river as it flows through Wapsipinicon State Park south of Anamosa. The weirs, made of 3.5-foot boulders, would extend 90 feet from the shore, or about one-quarter of the way across the river, said Mike Dufoe, a facilities engineer for the DNR.
Advocates argue that the river is long overdue to have its own such program. Millions of Americans rely on it for drinking water, commerce and recreation, and its floodplains provide food and habitat for hundreds of fish and wildlife species. But it's facing a multitude of challenges, from extreme weather to habitat loss to persistent agricultural and industrial pollution.
An eastern Iowa mobile home park has failed for more than a year to ensure its drinking water is safe, and state regulators recently ordered it to provide bottled water to its residents.
State ag officials, Iowa DNR propose revisions to Iowa Code, emphasizing soil health
Most Eastern Iowa trees need 800 or more “chill hours” between 32 and 45 degrees to break dormancy. Days when the temperature is below 32 degrees, like it was in early January, don’t count toward the total. Neither do days when nighttime temperatures are above 45 degrees.
Wild Side column: This outings with friends had trouble with ice and locating big fish
A House subcommittee advanced the bill forward in a Tuesday meeting
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon told an appropriations subcommittee Monday the EPA and the DNR are “making progress” to cleaning up the C6-Zero site, where a Dec. 8, 2022, explosion and fire injured nine employees, caused an evacuation of nearby houses and polluted soil and water.
The Nature Call: Ryal Hansen bagged his first deer during the muzzleloader season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration helped residents map temperatures in the Corridor during one of the hottest days of the summer last year. The results are out.
Two broods — one that emerges every 13 years, and the other that emerges every 17 — will emerge at the same time, something that hasn’t happened in 200 years.
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