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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.
A cattle feedlot too small to need a state-required manure management plan has apparently polluted Iowa streams for years, the Iowa DNR says
The DNR is being told from multiple angles that it has to be better on water quality; will it get the message? asks the Register editorial board.
There is a dearth of natural areas in Iowa; less than 1% of the tallgrass prairie that once covered most of Iowa remain intact, only about 5% of the state's prairie pothole wetlands remain, and most of the original forest has been lost. [6]
At least 721 water body segments in Iowa do not meet water quality standards for recreation, public water supplies and the protection of aquatic life, according to the state Department of Natural ...
Comprises two day-use areas on a 453-acre (183 ha) natural lake. Union Grove State Park: Tama County: Gladbrook: 282 114 [24] 1938: Union Grove Lake: Surrounds a 110-acre (45 ha) recreational reservoir. Viking Lake State Park: Montgomery County: Stanton: 1,000 400: Viking Lake: Preserves natural areas surrounding a 110-acre (45 ha) recreational ...
The area used to be filled with tallgrass prairie, but much of that was gone by the time the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) bought the land in 1950. [4] Due to a drought in the 1930s, Summit Lake in Creston had no water in 1934 which led to Green Valley Lake being constructed in 1950. [2]
The Big Creek Lake provides fishing options all year-round. The most common catches at the lake include crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass, walleye, channel catfish and muskie. In 2012, a physical fish barrier was put up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and some local fishing organizations. The ...