the Iowa DNR is looking for volunteers who love the outdoors to serve as campground hosts at Iowa's state parks and forests. According to the Iowa DNR, campground hosting is one of the most ...

Over 40 state parks in Iowa are hosting some kind of hiking ... 515-571-3705 or email [email protected] for questions ...

Clear Lake – lodge/shower buildings/beach restroom renovations are being designed and will go out for bid this year. The ...

From a game of pickleball to time on the Iowa Great Lakes or a float down the river, here are 14 things to do outside this ...

The Iowa Natural Resource Commission Thursday approved the state’s purchase of a former Boy Scout camp that covers nearly 1,800 acres in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. DNR Land and Water Bureau ...

Now that we're getting into the late part of spring, most of the bear population has come out of hibernation. This makes ...

Iowans gathered at the Iowa Capitol recently to celebrate the parks, trails and outdoor spaces across the state.

As the weather warms and the earth thaws, the tri-state area’s 9,321 acres of state park lands are coming back ...

according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Dubuque County Conservation. “This month alone, we’ve had 4-5 sightings, but we think it’s one bear,” says Dubuque County ...

state furbearer and wetlands biologist with the Iowa DNR. Most sightings happen in late May and June as young males disperse from Minnesota and Wisconsin. “Black bears are not that far from Iowa ...