Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

For more than 25 years, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been testing the water at dozens of sites in rivers and streams across the state. Changes to the monitoring program may be on the horizon.

Iowa City’s five-year deer management plan calls for a target population of 25 deer per square mile, but a drone survey showed in one part of the city, there are nearly 100 deer per square mile. Here’s how the city is planning to address the issue.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources invites Iowans to visit a state park on New Year’s Day. If you check in online you are eligible for a prize drawing. There are also guided hikes at many state parks on Thursday.

Alliant Energy is moving forward with its Cedar River Generating Station project, replacing its coal units with natural gas engines by mid-2027.

The temporary injunction allows Achieva Enterprises to reopen the resort in southern Iowa while a lawsuit continues over who will manage the site moving forward.

An Iowa Department of Natural Resources official said warm winter weather degraded ice quality, making ice fishing unsafe

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that Canada geese at two southern Iowa lakes tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Iowa researchers are looking to identify “hot spots” of vehicle-wildlife collisions and examining what steps could be taken to reduce them.

While the Iowa Department of Natural Resources requires farmers to submit documents outlining their plans for spreading livestock manure, the agency doesn’t collect records of where and how much manure is actually spread.

The State of Iowa is contesting an injunction issued in a lawsuit brought by the former operator of the state-owned Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa.

Curious Iowa investigates how medical waste is treated, transported and disposed of in Iowa.

An Iowa-led coalition is urging a federal court to halt an IRS rule requiring nonprofits to submit donor lists, citing privacy risks and past data breaches. Plus: USDA unveils updates to crop insurance, Iowans are asked to weigh in on lake restoration plans and Iowa’s public pension system’s funded ratio topped 92 percent.

More than 34,000 licenses have been sold ahead of the first round of shotgun deer hunting season this weekend, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is projecting steady harvest numbers.

Despite having a wetter-than-average July due to more rainfall, Iowa’s dry autumn conditions have let drought conditions creep back into parts of the state.

Throughout the winter, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will monitor applications of an approved herbicide, in very low doses, to the water at Clear Lake to eradicate invasive plant species.