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The 'Parks Bureau' operates and maintains 84 parks and recreation areas with trails and cabins for camping, picnicking, swimming, boating and fishing. [20] It is responsible for more than 90 state preserves set aside for their natural or cultural significance and supervises programs in recreation planning and resource protection.
Volga River State Recreation Area is a 5,700-acre (2,300 ha) state recreation area in Fayette County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Fayette. The park is located in a forested and hilly region along the Volga River and also includes the 138-acre (56 ha) Frog Hollow Lake. The recreation area is a popular site for boating and fishing.
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.
Park rangers will transition to conservation officers at Iowa's 69 state parks, ... and incidents relating to outdoor recreation, according to the IDNR. The Law Enforcement Bureau has 78 field ...
There are more than 4,400 campsites across Iowa's state parks, recreation areas and forests, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Last year Iowa campsites saw more than 864,000 ...
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area is a state park in Webster County, Iowa in the United States. With an area encompassing over 6,000 acres (24 km 2), the facility is one of Iowa's largest public outdoor recreation areas. A relatively new recreational area, Brushy Creek did not have an easy beginning.
The Iowa DNR immediately evacuated the campers at Springbrook. [10] [11] In the spring (March, April, and May) of 2013, according to Harry Hillaker, the state of Iowa climatologist, Iowa had the wettest May and the wettest spring on record. [12] [13] The record precipitation, both rainfall and snowfall, contributed to the formation of the sinkhole.
Marble Beach State Recreation Area is a 64-acre (26 ha) state recreation area in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Orleans. The recreation area is located on the western shore of Big Spirit Lake and is one of several state parks and recreation areas in Iowa Great Lakes region.