Fish faring well during floods
Iowa fisheries officials say fish live through record floods with smallmouth bass suffering the most as their spawning season coincides with muddy high water. DNR plans adjust walleye fingerling stocking to keep them from cannibalism while flood conditions may reduce future reproduction for channel catfish.
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Iowa
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Conover
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Pictured Rocks closes for camping on July 1
The Pictured Rocks area along the Maquoketa River in Jones County will be closed to camping July 1. Day use remains allowed from 4 30 a m to 10 30 p m daily as heavy use threatens ecological stability and causes erosion.
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Maquoketa River
Jones County
Jones County Conservation Board
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Conservation Department
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Conservation Board
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DNA Fishing Report Southeast Lake Darling Update
Southeast Lake Darling shows muddy water clearing slowly with water in the upper 70s. Bluegills begin nesting while catfish spawn along steeper rocky shorelines.
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Washington
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Johnson
Coralville Lake
Iowa City Bird Club heads to Indian Grass Hill for grassland species
The Iowa City Bird Club plans a Saturday trip to Indian Grass Hill in Iowa County to seek grassland birds such as Henslow's sparrow grasshopper sparrow sedge wren and bobolink Meet at 7 am at Dodge Street Hy Vee in Iowa City for details call 319 354 8751 The Anamosa Bowhunters host a 40 3 D bowhunter shoot on club grounds two miles northwest of Anamosa on county road E28 Scores posted by 3 pm Sunday Entry 10 adults 5 youth Details calls 319 482 7111 or 319 462 6098
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Indiangrass Hill
Iowa County
Dodge Street
Anamosa
Living With Deer a Duluth Couple’s 40-Year Farm Story
Stan and Esther Stevenson lived 38 years beside an enclosed bayfield deer farm. Stan, now 75, chronicled the experience in a book and 162 color photos showing bucks named Ram bo Butch Wren Pat Rudy Tripod Gabriel and Dasher with a 35-point rack. The Stevensons fed the herd, sold deer for breeding and hosted visitors who watched bucks clash behind 8-foot fences.
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Duluth News Tribune
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Rudy
Tripod
Gabriel
Dasher
Stevenson
Minnesota
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