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February 10, 2026

Taking a look at the 2025 fishing and hunting license...

By Steve Weisman Each year about this time, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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December 22, 2025

Keep It Clean initiative starts in Iowa Great Lakes

By Steve Weisman For all the years I have ice fished, I’ve always been frustrated

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December 9, 2025

Fall DNR Night hosts largest crowd ever

By Steve Weisman “Oh, What a Night” is a famous song by Franki Valli & The

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November 25, 2025

Time to support fishing and hunting license increases

By Steve Weisman There is little doubt that fishing and hunting are important

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November 19, 2025

Save Turtle Lake Project gets underway

By Steve Weisman One excavator bucket at a time, the dredging of Turtle Lake has

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November 12, 2025

Graduate Fellowship recipient announced

By Steve Weisman Outdoor Editor Exciting news coming for the Iowa Great Lakes area.

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October 16, 2025

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and partners celebrate new tract in...

On Friday, September 26, INHF and its partners at the Iowa DNR celebrated with a

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April 10, 2025

West Swan restoration complete

By Steve Weisman Since 2006, the Iowa DNR has gone about restoring lakes across the

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April 6, 2025

Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever receives Iowa Agriculture Leader Award...

Des Moines – Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF) are honored to

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April 3, 2025

Northern pike gillnetting is already over

By Steve Weisman This is the time of year that northwest Iowans get excited for the

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March 14, 2025

Protecting the island at Triboji Beach

By Steve Weisman When I mention Triboji Beach on the northwest corner of West Lake

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February 15, 2025

Then and Now

By Bob Jensen I looked out my office window today and saw a flock of swans flying

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