Meanwhile, DNR officials are blaming a large gizzard shad kill in the Cedar River near Ellis Harbor in Cedar Rapids on the ...

Bills in the Iowa House and Senate would limit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from buying land at auction with some exceptions. The House bill failed to advance out of committee on ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be barred from buying land at auction — with some exceptions — under House and Senate bills that are opposed by conservation groups. The bills ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a fish kill in Winneshiek County following reports of a possible manure spill.Iowa DNR staff arrived at Dry Run Creek near Decorah ...

A resolution sponsored by 17 Senate Republicans would repeal Iowa's Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, which voters approved in 2010 with 63% support. The trust fund was intended ...

Iowa's empty Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund would be repealed and replaced with a fund aimed at lowering property taxes under a proposal from Senate Republicans. Conservation ...

Pheasant hunters walk through a patch of foxtail grass during the opening weekend of the 2015 pheasant season in Iowa. (The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

Todd Robertson, the river programs outreach coordinator for the Iowa DNR, says paddlers ought to wait for steady warmth to allow water temperatures to rise, and that could be mid-May — or longer.

Tivon Feeley, the Iowa DNR’s forest health program leader, anticipates moderate to severe winter burn damage statewide to conifers, like white pines. Feeley says the January thaws forced some ...

Lehmann says those complaints have increased over time, which is why they involve both the Iowa DNR and a private organization to help them survey the number of deer. “We also have safety ...