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Rice Lake State Park is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) state park in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Lake Mills. The park is located on the south shore of Rice Lake and provides fishing and boating access to the lake. The lake is home to bass, bluegill, yellow perch, and walleye. It is also visited by migratory birds during their ...
Maquoketa River, Backbone Lake: Features a rock ridge up to 80 feet (24 m) high, a recreational reservoir, and a museum on the Civilian Conservation Corps in Iowa. Badger Creek State Recreation Area: Madison County: Van Meter: 1,162 470: 1980 [3] Badger Creek Lake: Features a 276-acre (112 ha) fishing lake outside Des Moines. Banner Lakes at ...
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.
Only 24 water bodies in Iowa have been found to meet all standards for clear water, a biennial report from the DNR finds. More than half of Iowa’s tested streams and lakes are impaired, DNR ...
Iowa Department of Natural Resources tracks water quality at all state park beaches all and updates the public weekly. Some city and county beaches are also included on the DNR's website.
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.
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. In 1967, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources published a controversial proposal to flood Brushy Creek's forested canyon.
Iowa State Preserves tend to be small parcels of land with some historic or environmental significance. The arrangement is alphabetic. This is based on information found at a website maintained by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. A.F. Miller State Preserve; Ames High Prairie State Preserve; Anderson Prairie State Preserve