Iowa’s annual free fishing weekend is here, and several events are happening around the state to celebrate. Iowa residents ...

Free fishing weekend is back, which means you don't need a license to fish Iowa's ponds, lakes and rivers June 6-8. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources encourages everyone, from experienced ...

Fish kills this year in Iowa streams that were caused by farm fertilizer and manure are among the largest documented by the state in more than 40 years. The large fish kills happened in March near Red ...

Cold weather does not mean the fishing fun stops. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is gearing up for an exciting winter season as the Iowa 4-H Statewide Fishing Club kicks off its ice ...

Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say improper disposal of a pesticide and other chemicals led to a fish kill in northwestern Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say ...

Hundreds of thousands of fish were killed earlier this month in a nearly 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border due to a fertilizer spill in Iowa, state officials said.

After evicting park rangers from Iowa’s state parks, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said it will continue to require live-in staff at fish hatcheries. The DNR will have Fisheries Bureau ...

PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW PRESIDENT. NEW AT FOUR. IOWA COULD SOON HAVE ITS OWN STATE FISH. A BILL PROPOSED AT THE IOWA STATE HOUSE WOULD MAKE THE IOWA DARTER THE STATE’S OFFICIAL FISH, GROWING TO ABOUT ...

Boasting all the colors of the rainbow, the Iowa darter is indisputably a handsome guy. Is the species ready ― and worthy ― to represent the state it's named for? Iowa Rep. John Wills, R-Spirit Lake, ...