Solon's own Lake Macbride State Park was awarded $10,000 from America's Youth Park Program, and has the potential to win $100,00 more with the help of your votes. The program, created by the National Park Foundation and Coca-Cola, is designed to encourage visitation and provide a grant to restore or rebuild parts of state parks. You…
Hunter 05/05/24 Over five dozen Iowans representing 18 of its counties have asked the state to formally investigate a fertilizer spill that killed 750,000 fish
In addition to seeking higher penalties for offenders, the letter to the DNR asks the agency to work with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to review rules related to agricultural chemical storage to see if they are adequate to protect Iowa waterways.
Hunter 04/01/24 A new alignment plan being executed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will do away with park rangers at state parks. The Gazette
Rangers at Iowa’s 69 state parks all will gradually be classified as conservation officers assigned to one or more counties, rather than assigned to a specific state park or parks, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed.