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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR or IA DNR) is a department/agency of the U.S. state of Iowa formed in 1986, charged with maintaining state parks and forests, protecting the environment of Iowa, and managing energy, fish, wildlife, land resources, and water resources of Iowa.
This is a list of 63 state parks and recreation areas in Iowa. These state parks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management. The first group are those state parks managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The second group are those state parks managed by the county in which they are found.
Only 24 water bodies in Iowa have been found to meet all standards for clear water, a biennial report from the DNR finds. More than half of Iowa’s tested streams and lakes are impaired, DNR ...
A report was created in 1975 to determine how to protect Des Moines, Iowa, and West Des Moines, Iowa, from flooding by Raccoon River, Walnut Creek, and Jordan Creek. [7] A major flood happened in 1973 and on May 10, 1986, the creek flooded and caused $6,300,000 in damage in Clive, Iowa. [7] [8] In 1986, a flood protection project was formed. [7]
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Bear Creek is an 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) [1] tributary of the Upper Iowa River, joining Waterloo Creek for a short distance before entering the Upper Iowa in Waterloo Township just east of where Iowa Highway 76 crosses the river. Its branches are acclaimed trout fishing streams.
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