THURSDAY: SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 60 DEGREES
Thursday will a fantastic Earth Day to get outside with high temps near 60 degrees in the afternoon. Even lunchtime will be in the mid 50s. Something to note, there is an elevated risk of fire today with winds out of the southwest up to 20mph and afternoon relative humidity values near 20%.
Looking for a walk outside in nature? Here are 8 places to do so named in no particular order.
Effigy Mounds National Monument - Run by the National Park Service, this natural area in far northeastern Iowa preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans. It s a bit of a road trip, but if you have the time then you will be rewarded with plenty of outdoor activities and the beautiful upper Mississippi River.
Elizabeth Miglin | March 4, 2021
A plan to provide $3 million towards state park improvements passed a legislative subcommittee on Monday, March 1st.
Rep. Brent Siegrist, R-Council Bluffs, introduced the bill to provide additional funding to state parks in light of deferred maintenance. The bill would create a Restore the Outdoors program to fund vertical integration projects that focus on major repairs and renovations.
Similar to legislation from 1997, House File 647 would provide the DNR with $3 million annually from gambling taxes over a three-year period. Despite concerns over budget restrictions caused by casino closures in 2020, GOP leaders are expected to give the bill a hearing in the Natural Resources and Appropriations committee.
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A common summer inhabitant of Canadian pine forests, ruby-crowned kinglets migrate into Iowa during October. Most will spend the winter in the southern U.S. and Mexico. Ornithologists note that kinglets are unusual in that they are more closely related to Old World warblers than to North American species. Lowell Washburn
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If fall warblers have one thing in common, itâs that they are all hyperactive; rarely staying in one spot for more than a second or two. Sometimes a half-a-bird-snapshot it the best view youâll get. Lowell Washburn
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