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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.
Landowners interested in protecting their land either donate or sell property to INHF, who will work to conserve and/or restore its natural features. In most cases, INHF takes ownership of land temporarily, while public conservation agencies (local, county, state or federal) raise funds to purchase the property.
The program is designed to further protect threatened and endangered species habitat through the restoration of eligible property. The overall goal of the program is to restore and enhance up to but no more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) of wildlife habitat. [4]
The latest attempt to diminish Iowans’ access to public parks and wildlife areas has taken the form of Senate Study Bill 3129 and House File 2104, which would restrict Iowa DNR and nonprofit ...
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.
Iowa Illinois Wisconsin: IA 1989 911 acres (3.69 km 2) [140] Iowa Wetland Management District: Covers 15 counties IA 25,000 acres (100 km 2) 75 waterfowl production areas [141] Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Jasper County: IA 1990 8,654 acres (35.02 km 2) [142] Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge: Louisa County Mercer County, Illinois ...
Most acquisitions are intended to increase habitat at existing wetland complexes, so it is unlikely that tracts will be acquired in the entire 35-county area. Most WPAs are small, from 100 to 500 acres (2.0 km 2), but several have grown considerably. Union Hills WPA in Cerro Gordo County is the largest in Iowa at over 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2).
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, located in Kossuth County, Iowa, was established in 1938 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for waterfowl and other migratory birds. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial riverbed, and its name is derived from the connection or "union" of two watersheds: the Blue Earth River of ...