Kick off the New Year by joining a First Day Hike in an Iowa State Park. More than 40 parks are hosting either a guided group ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa state parks and state forests will host volunteers Saturday for clean up and maintenance projects in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Andy ...
Regarding places I feel are annoyingly underrated, Iowa is definitely on my “Top Five Most Depressingly Underrated” list. I ...
Fifteen of Iowa’s state parks are holding spruce-up events later this month and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking Iowans to consider lending a hand. Andy Bartlett, park manager at ...
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Carefully curated from every corner of our beloved state, these Iowa state parks offer prime seating for the best shows of the autumn season. We're talking glowing yellows, burning oranges, and rusty ...
Bird flu has been confirmed in Canada geese at Green Valley Lake and at Lake of Three Fires, according to the Iowa DNR.
Iowans are being encouraged to start 2026 off with a little exercise, fellowship and fresh air. This is the 14th year the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has offered First Day Hikes, where folks ...
Students in Iowa State's landscape architecture program spent the semester meeting with Boone residents to help the city ...
Across Iowa, a total of 83 parks and recreation areas — including 21 that are managed through lease agreements with counties and municipalities — invite visitors to experience tens of thousands of ...