Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

The population of each Iowa furbearer species — coyotes, foxes, bears, beavers, raccoons, minks and bobcats — is different and nuanced, but expert say some — like bocats — are in “expansion mode.”

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Iowa’s Forest Reserve Program, which provides a tax incentive for property owners to maintain woodlands, remains intact after this year’s legislative session, but the Iowa Woodland Owners Association anticipates the fight to keep the program to continue.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was unable to determine the cause of the 2024 fire, or whether it was set intentionally. A park manager and his wife saved the tree with buckets of water from a creek.

Summer is a popular time for fishing trips across Iowa, but how can anglers be sure they’ll catch fish? And how does the state maintain a fish population that allows for fishing? Those questions can be answered by Iowa’s fish hatcheries, which fertilize, rear and stock fish species across the state each year.

A construction site near Swisher along Interstate 380 had insufficient erosion controls that led sediment to flow into a tributary of McAllister Creek.

A portion of eastern and northeast Iowa has “unhealthy” air quality Wednesday, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Iowa DNR on Tuesday issued a statewide Air Quality Alert through 6 a.m. Thursday. The agency warned that the Air Quality Index may reach the red or unhealthy category in affected areas.

Michele Smith aids the Iowa’s never-ending quest to ensure bacteria are efficiently munching on contaminants in wastewater, in an effort to protect the environment.

The neighborhood in a wooded area north of Iowa City is expected to take steps to reduce the amount of chloride their water softeners discharge.

The owner of a small northeast Iowa dairy recently agreed to pay $1,260 for contaminating a nearby creek with an unknown amount of manure a year ago, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.

Backbone State Park in northeast Iowa was among four Iowa parks with high bacteria concentrations in beach water this week. Lake Macbride State Park and Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area are "OK for swimming," the state reported.

A professional hunter is suing a state Department of Natural Resources officer whose alleged false claims damaged his business and reputation.

Iowa’s silver maples and silver maple hybrids produced a surplus of seeds this year, likely as a response to several years of drought, said Mark Vitosh, Iowa Department of Natural Resources district forester covering seven Eastern Iowa counties.

Federal regulators said Wednesday they would maintain strict limits for two toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water that were established last year under a different president but would delay a compliance deadline by two years.