Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

More than half of Iowa’s assessed streams and rivers had impairments and 63 percent of lake or reservoir segments were impaired in the 2024 draft list

The crop fertilizer killed fish and might have affected the river all the way to the Missouri border.

A bill that would limit the authority of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to purchase land for public use was shelved Wednesday ahead of a key legislative deadline.

Wastewater, including blood from Agri Star’s beef processing facility, went into Williams Creek before Postville city staff discovered the problem, diverted the waste into a holding tank and alerted Agri Star.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, charged with managing Iowa’s state parks, tries to strike a balance between safeguarding Iowa’s big trees and letting visitors see, touch and experience them.

Iowa DNR Director Kayla Lyon told organizers she no longer will let conservation officers or other department employees spend as much paid time at the event and asked organizers to remove the agency’s name and logo from all marketing materials, boat trailers and other equipment.

Also, Iowa Senate Republicans once again advanced a proposal to require all businesses use the E-Verify program for verifying employees’ U.S. residency status

The animal was found by a state conservation officer. A necropsy performed by Iowa State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Ames confirmed it was a male gray wolf, estimated to be about 2 years old, weighing 77 pounds.

Iowa DNR seeking information about fire Sunday that likely destroyed 350-year-old tree in Geode State Park, near Danville.

Iowa House Republicans have introduced two bills designed to spur economic development in rural Iowa.

They were commenting at a public hearing on a proposed revision to Iowa Administrative Rules Chapter 65 -- which the Iowa Department of Natural Resources stripped of additional karst protections last fall after livestock owner groups expressed concerns.

Here’s an update on 12 bills that remain open for passage by the Iowa Legislature -- and two that did not survive -- after the first funnel deadline.

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.

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