Iowa duck hunters face higher costs and steel shot rise
As the season opens Saturday September 22 Iowa hunters must pay higher license and stamp fees nearly doubling in cost and will use steel shot more widely. Steel shells Cost about 25 percent above lead. The Iowa Conservation Commission restricts 12 gauge steel shot to the upper Mississippi Wild Life Refuge counties Allamakee Clayton Dubuque Jackson Clinton and Scott and requires steel shot in Fremont and Mills counties on all waters and a 150 yard adjacent land zone including Forney Lake Riverton areas.
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Ducks Unlimited Banquet Supports Waterfowl Habitat Fight
The Eastern Iowa Ducks Unlimited chapter will host its 11th annual banquet at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel September 18 at 6:30 p.m. Al Weaver invites patrons to help fund habitat projects in Canada and the United States. Ticket price is 25 dollars and includes a one year DA membership and a magazine subscription. Proceeds support national and Canadian habitat work and waterfowl conservation efforts.
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Culver Receives Sierra Club Public Service Award
Iowa Senator John Culver is honored with the 1979 Public Service Award by the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club for environmental efforts including Boundary Waters protection and Iowa water pollution work. Dennis Nicholson announced the award at the annual meeting with praise for Culver’s environmental leadership.
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Atlantic Salmon in Deep Decline This Year
New York reports a disastrous year for Atlantic salmon, with rod and reel catches down 50 to 80 percent in spring and summer. Wilfred Carter of the International Atlantic Salmon Foundation cites natural population declines, overharvesting by commercial interests, and widespread poaching including that by Canadian Indians as key factors.
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