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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1982
Page
19
Four to five feet of topsoil lie exposed at the bottom of Fontana Lake in Buchanan County Conservation Park near Hazleton. The lake was drained for dam repairs with bids around 108000 dollars opening on November 3. The lake should be refilled and stocked by July.
The Cedar Valley Trail hosts a 10K on Saturday October 23 with start at 9 a.m. Runners meet at Boyson Road trailhead in Hiawatha for tags and bus transport to the start. Pre registration is $6 by October 19, $7 on race day 8 to 8 45 a.m. Cedar Valley Runners Association members receive a $1 discount. First place trophy 10 division trophies and medals awarded. Age groups 19 and under 20 29 30 39 40 49 and 50 plus.
Iowa officials say Union Grove Lake may require about 1 million dollars to restore and protect the 118 acre Tama County lake. silt runoff estimated at 12 acre feet annually threatens a 12 acre field equivalent. Restoration could include terracing dredging aeration and three siltation ponds with funding from EPA and local groups. Public support remains strong with upcoming hearings planned at the Lake and Park Holding Corp Lodge.
Union Grove State Park in western Tama County covers 282 acres and was bought in 1940 for 10000 from Lake and Park Holding Corp. It sits between glacial moraines about two miles west of Tama County Road T-47 and five miles south of Gladbrook. The park offers fishing boating camping picnicking swimming a beach and concession area and serves about 200000 visitors annually. It is partly surrounded by private homes and was once an Indian meeting site and private park.
The second duck season begins a half hour before sunrise on Saturday October 23 and continues through December 6. Goose season has run since October 2 and ends December 10. Cool season dates match the duck season. Daily limits are determined by a point system with canvasbacks worth 100 points and various ducks assigned 10 to 70 points.
A Cedar Rapids group snagged 25 salmon and four trout at Manitowoc Rapids on the Manitowoc River Wisconsin with the largest fish at 25 pounds. They reached the spot ten hours before the Oct 1 season opener, waited all night, and faced no trespass issues after another party was moved on by officers.
Two Clayton County men were fined 755 dollars for shooting and dressing two wild turkeys out of season. Dewayne Nightingale and Marvin Kahr, both Mederville residents, were arrested after state officials found one bird in Nightingale’s freezer and another buried near Kahr’s home.
The list covers statewide hunting dates and daily possession limits for species including pheasants quail gray partridge ruffed grouse rails snipe woodcock cottontail rabbits jackrabbit squirrels woodchuck crows turkeys deer ducks coot geese and small mammals. It shows open periods regional notes and safety limits across Iowa with dates from November through January and various game-specific rules.
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