Sea of topsoil greets Fontana Lake fans at Fontana Park
The Fontana Lake bed shows four to five feet of fresh topsoil exposed after the lake was drained for dam repairs. Bids to restore the lake cost about 108000 dollars with work to start soon and refill expected by July. Fontana Park near Hazleton covers 128 acres. the lake spans 63 acres and sits a half mile south of Hazleton.
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Fontana Park
Hazleton
Fayette
Buchanan
Fontana Lake
Buchanan County
Ha- Buchanan Zleton
Harry Graves
Second Annual 10 Kilometer Trail Race on Cedar Valley
The Cedar Valley Trail hosts a 10K foot race on October 23 to showcase the park’s progress from railbed conversion. Runners meet at Boyson Road trailhead in Hiawatha, receive name tags, and bus to the start. Pre-registration is $6 if mailed by Oct. 19. race day fee is $7.
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Cedar Valley Trail
Lawa Nails To Tiusis
Illinois Central Gulf
Boyson Road
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Runners Association
Union Grove Lake restoration may cost $1 million
State officials say Union Grove Lake needs about a million dollars to restore and protect the lake at Union Grove State Park. Silt flows into the lake at 12 acre feet per year, threatening the lake’s depth and future usefulness. The project, supported by the Lake and Park Holding Corp and state and federal agencies, aims to slow siltation, dredge the lake, install an aerator, and add sediment ponds with funding from EPA and state sources.
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Bonneau
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Lake and Park Holding Corporation
EPA
Union Grove
Union Grove State Park A Historic Relaxation Oasis
Union Grove State Park in Tama County covers 282 acres and sits between two glacial moraines. Purchased in 1940 for 10 000 dollars by the Iowa Conservation Commission, it offers fishing boating camping picnicking swimming and a beach with a concession area attracting about 200 000 visitors annually. The site sits amid privately owned cottages and overlooks a lake two miles west of Tama County Road T 47 and five miles south of Gladbrook.
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Gladbrook
Union Grove State Park
Tama
Don Bonneau
Iowa Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife
The
Gazette
Commission
Federal
Soil Conservation
Iowa State University Animal Ecology and Civil Engineering
Lake and Park Holding Corporation
Union Grove Park
Gladbook
Tama County
Bonneau
Union Grove
Black Hawk Lake
Sac County
Swan Lake
Carroll County
Black Hawk
Swan
Iowa
Lakes
Union Grove Lake
Backbone Lake
Strawberry Point
Lake and Park Holding Corp
Garwin
Iowa Conservation Commission
Second duck season opens Saturday with weekend start
The second duck season begins a half hour before sunrise on Saturday October 23 and runs to December 6. The goose season has been open since October 2 and ends December 10. Cool season mirrors duck season. Daily bag limits are determined by a point system with canvasbacks at 100 points, hens and others at 70, drake mallards and ring-necked ducks at 25, and pintail teal shoveler scaup gadwall widgeon and hooded mergansers at 10. All other ducks are 25 points.
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Mississippi River
Clayton County men fined for off season turkeys
Two Clayton County men, Dewayne Nightingale and Marvin Kahr of Mederville, were fined 755 for shooting and dressing two wild turkeys out of season. Officials say the birds were found in a freezer and buried near Kahr’s home after tips to the Iowa Conservation Commission. Nightingale killed both birds with one shotgun blast and shared cleanup with Kahr.
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Mederville
UPI
Clayton County
Iowa Conservation Commission
Dewayne Nightingale
Marvin Kahr
Commission
Ed Lawrence
Jerry Hoielien
Nightingale
Kahr
Curt Smith
Manchester
Elkader
Smith
Iowa Wildlife Seasons and bag limits summary
Listing hunting seasons and bag limits across species in Iowa. Dates open times vary by species and area, with limits for pheasants quail partridge grouse rails snipe woodcock cottontail rabbits jackrabbit squirrel woodchuck crows turkeys deer ducks coot geese foxes raccoon badger opossum skunk beaver coyote otter and muskrat. Some seasons open statewide others north of I 80 and northeast regions with special provisions and possession limits.
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State
Marion
Iora
Virginia
Canada
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Deb Wiley
Iazette
Graves
Wapsipinicon
Conservation Commission
April Acton
Jim Mayer Gazette Outdoor Editor
Manitowoc Rapids
Manitowoc River
Wisconsin
Jim Merta
David
Dean
Virgil Henley
Jeff Merta
Jeff Vecera
Lake Michigan
Henley
Mossberg
G&h
66Th Avenue
Trapping
Glen
Johnson Service Manager
Glen Johnson
Volkswagen
Isuzu
Nuzum
Council St. NE
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