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Wildside column: A lack of shade didn’t bother the fish on this day — and that was OK.
Wildside column: Fred Love, the author’s son, landed a 5-pound smallmouth bass that had “a lot of power.”
Fishing column: Teaching grandchildren the beauty of fishing offers special moments — and grandpa wouldn’t have it any other way.
Birding column: Limpkin are being spotted outside Florida, including two in Iowa.
Hunting for flathead catfish and other ‘creatures’ can be challenging.
Department of Natural Resources fisheries management biologist Mark Flammang describes the fast-growing, hard-fighting hybrid striped bass that are thrilling anglers and tearing up their tackle at Rathbun Lake and several other Iowa reservoirs as “the common man’s trophy fish.”
Summer in Iowa is prime time to get outdoors and hike, swim, boat, fish or garden. The Gazette’s Erin Jordan is starting an Environment & Outdoors newsletter to share stories about Iowa’s natural environment and the things that impact it.
Wildside column: From butterflies to bass, the Maquoketa River is coming back.
The Nature Call: I found plenty of evidence of a black bear on a recent visit to a Dubuque bird feeder.
Wildside column: Projects include ponds, wetlands, oxbow restorations, grass waterways, on-road detention basins, a grade stabilization and a water and sediment control basin
Brad Shears reached the summit of the highest peak in North America at the end of May after a 4-year wait.
Wildside column: A wonderful fishing week was spent with an unusual companion, an immature loon making a stop in Eastern Iowa
Recent hunt didn’t produce any birds, but did offering interesting sites, sounds and a friendly visitor
