Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Landowners and interested parties are invited to learn more about what it takes to establish quality habitat to attract and retain various game species. Lunch will be provided by Jackson County Pheasants Forever.

Potential improvements include invasive species removal, trail work, interpretive panels and site amenities, native tree plantings and native seedlings.

Although deer don’t seem to get COVID-19 symptoms, scientists worry the animals could serve as reservoirs for the virus to hang around and possibly be transmitted back to humans.

A Northeast Iowa mining company has ended its effort to get state permission to draw millions of gallons of water from Iowa's Jordan Aquifer to export to western states.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is trying to decide what to do with a cattle producer that built an underground manure tank in karst terrain — a risky area because of the potential for groundwater pollution — without getting a permit.

A freight train struck a barge sticking out onto the railroad tracks near Montrose.

The U.S. Commerce Department has awarded Iowa a $5.3 million grant to pay for tourism and outdoor recreation marketing to encourage out-of-state people to visit Iowa after the pandemic.

Gavilon Grain, which signed a consent order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Oct. 22, has agreed to pay nearly $270,000 after a June 2020 fertilizer spill that killed hundreds of fish and mussels.

With the assistance of a grant, the Solid Waste Agency and Trees Forever will distribute 1,000 trees in effort to help rebuild tree canopy lost to the 2020 derecho.

66 projects across 27 counties have been awarded funds from the state’s Derecho Community Forestry Grant Program to purchase and plant trees to replace those that were lost when hurricane-force winds up to 140 mph whipped across the state Aug 10, 2021.

The ammunition shortage became pronounced across that nation in the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains at the same time that guns purchases soared.

The Iowa DNR hosted a small sawmill business workshop Thursday at the Schwab/Burford property near Solon. About 20 people learned about selecting and sourcing logs, sawing with band and chain sawmills, air drying, kiln drying, sterilizing wood to kill bugs and marketing finished boards, among other topics.

The state Department of Natural Resources said Iris Merfeld, 36, of Zwingle, died early Saturday after falling from an overlook known as Pulpit Rock.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported 24 swim advisories at state park beaches this summer because of microcystins, toxins generated by harmful algae. These toxins, if ingested, can cause gastroenteritis, allergic responses and potentially-fatal liver damage. This is double the number of microcystin warnings in 2020.

Cedar Rapids police said Allen Blazek, 41, of Cedar Rapids, suffered a serious head injury when he was thrown from an inner tube that was being pulled by a personal watercraft and struck a boat.