The Gazette2d
DNR hires consultant to consider changes to Palisades-Kepler State Park dam
The Department of Natural Resources is currently working with an outside consultant to determine what modifications should be ...
Radio Iowa3d
Iowa Natural Resources Commission seeking plan for dam at Palisades Kepler State Park
A consultant has been hired to review the best way to remove a low-head dam and improve the area around it at an eastern Iowa park. DNR River Programs Coordinator Nate Hoogeveen says the Palisades ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing8d
Iowa farmer works to reverse damage done to Iowa landscape by corporate farming practices
Iowa farmer works to reverse damage done to Iowa landscape by corporate farming practices Seth Watkins his pictured at Pinhook Farms, his farm near Clarinda. He was the Leopold Week featured speaker ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing15d
Senate committee approves bill to limit DNR’s ability to acquire land
The Senate Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would bar the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from purchasing land at auction. Senate Study Bill 1198 would prohibit ...
The Daily Nonpareil16d
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' natural disaster relief bills advance in Iowa Legislature
Nearly a year after Iowa saw historic flooding and tornadoes, legislation proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds would help fund and streamline the assistance process for rebuilding after natural disasters ...
USA Today17d
Bill would limit Iowa DNR's ability to buy land at auction. But will it advance?
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 ...