Ledges State Park near Madrid isn’t just another patch of Midwestern greenery – it’s Iowa’s geological rebel, a place where ...

Iowans placed pins on the map of their favorite outdoor ... Senators advanced Senate File 553 to would restrict the Department of Natural Resources’ ability to purchase land and grow the amount of ...

Iowans gathered for Celebrate Iowa's Outdoors Day to champion outdoor recreation in Iowa. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is beginning work on plans ... plus whether there could be some flood benefits for people upstream of the state park if we allow more water through that ...

(Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press) The municipality has laid new floodplain maps — a 1-in-20-year map applying to areas with a five per cent chance of flooding in any given year and a 1-in- ...

DNR River Programs Coordinator Nate Hoogeveen says the Palisades Kepler State Park gets a lot of visitors. “It’s in an urbanized corridor, you know, basically along the Iowa City cedar Cedar ...

Levees are built to control nature, but nature often wins, as it did during the Pájaro River flood. The consequences of its decisions can be deadly. The most horrific failure in recent memory ...

For example, in 2019 Iowa had over 13,000 NFIP policies. Last year, the total number dipped below 10,000. The decline in flood insurance coverage comes at a time when floods have become the most ...

CANTON—Federally-made maps that define flood zones in Canton do not cover some areas known to flood, town Code Enforcement Officer Mike McQuade reported Wednesday. McQuade said projections depicted on ...

Another statewide “Iowa Watershed Approach” — funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — is focused on decreasing flood risk and improving water quality for nine ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is adopting a new strategy this year for dealing with large populations of Canada geese conflicting with humans in urban areas: No longer will the ...