In 2018, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported that the city of Alexander must either install a wastewater treatment facility or upgrade the septic systems of all homes
REGIONALâHiking by the water may be something to avoid for a few weeks this spring as some NâWest Iowa ponds and shallow lakes experience winter kill.
Winter kill is a seasonal event where fish wash up on shorelines and beaches in the spring after ice clears off lakes.
Mike Hawkins, a biologist for the Spirit Lake District Fisheries of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, explained that winter kill happens when oxygen levels get too low.
âItâs like a bank, youâve only got so much oxygen there and as you use it up or take oxygen out of the system through biological oxygen demand or decay, you can run out of it before the ice goes off in the spring,â he said.
Iowa DNR checking spill and fish kill in Plymouth County
REMSEN Responding to a report of brown water in a creek, DNR is investigating a manure spill and fish kill that occurred about five miles southeast of Remsen.
The spill apparently started after Louis Pick, who owns LCNJ Farms, filled a tanker with manure from his confined beef operation late on Saturday evening. Pick says a valve on the tanker failed, allowing manure to run down a road ditch and into a tributary of Whiskey Creek. He discovered the spill Monday morning.
Monday, DNR staff found dead fish for several miles downstream. Pick blocked the road ditch leading to the tributary, stopping the manure release. He is working to recover pooled liquid manure remaining in the area.
Iowa DNR: More than 100 geese died due to extreme winter conditions Share Updated: 8:28 AM CST Mar 2, 2021
Iowa DNR: More than 100 geese died due to extreme winter conditions Share Updated: 8:28 AM CST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript NEW AT NOON, THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF SICK AND DEAD GEESE IN THE STATE. IT’S HAPPENING NEAR THE DAM OF THE IOWA RIVER IN CORALVILLE. VOLUNTEERS HAVE DISCOVERED MORE THAN 50 DEAD GEESE. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE DOZENS OF OTHERS THAT WERE SICK. THE SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE NEUROLOGICAL AND SOME ARE EXPERIENCING SEIZURES. ONE VOLUNTEER SAYS SHE’S TAKEN DOZENS OF GEESE HOME WITH HER UNTIL THEY CAN BE MOVED TO LOCAL REHABILITATION CENTERS. I TOOK MY COAT OUT OF THE CAR AND I PUT IT AROUND THIS GOOSE BECAUSE IT WAS SHIVERING AND HAVING SEIZURES. AL
Iowa DNR investigating reports of sick and dead geese Share Updated: 12:23 PM CST Feb 22, 2021
Iowa DNR investigating reports of sick and dead geese Share Updated: 12:23 PM CST Feb 22, 2021
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Show Transcript NEW AT NOON, THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF SICK AND DEAD GEESE IN THE STATE. IT’S HAPPENING NEAR THE DAM OF THE IOWA RIVER IN CORALVILLE. VOLUNTEERS HAVE DISCOVERED MORE THAN 50 DEAD GEESE. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE DOZENS OF OTHERS THAT WERE SICK. THE SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE NEUROLOGICAL AND SOME ARE EXPERIENCING SEIZURES. ONE VOLUNTEER SAYS SHE’S TAKEN DOZENS OF GEESE HOME WITH HER UNTIL THEY CAN BE MOVED TO LOCAL REHABILITATION CENTERS. I TOOK MY COAT OUT OF THE CAR AND I PUT IT AROUND THIS GOOSE BECAUSE IT WAS SHIVERING AND HAVING SEIZURES. AL