Iowa DNR
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Iowa DNR
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Leading Iowans in caring for our natural resources. 🌳🦅🐟♻💧⛺
Official account of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Social hours M-F 8-4:30.
- you can keep the pie, we'll just be eating out of the pan with a fork 🎃
- if "watch for deer" = "I love you" in Midwestern 🦌 then "take a hike" = "I care deeply about your personal physical + mental wellness and you're just in general an awesome person, so go enjoy some drama-free time & pick up gas station pizza on your way home" 🥾 #TakeAHikeDay
- if you can imagine 500,000 elephants on a scale...🐘 then you can visualize 3 million tons. (that's the amount of trash Iowans put in the landfill EVERY YEAR - and 70% of it could be recycled, reused or composted) #AmericaRecyclesDay ♻
- deer hunters, mark your calendars for Nov. 29 📆 we're hosting an online public meeting to update you on statewide Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance and management efforts. you must register ahead of time (click on the photo) bit.ly/49EkgiT
- It's a great time to make a move to the DNR! We're hiring: - Health and Safety Coordinator - 2024 Water Patrol - Environmental compliance specialist, Atlantic - Wastewater Environmental Engineer - Wildlife seasonal work Learn more: iowadnr.gov/employment
- be thankful for the forecast. back on Nov. 11 1940, no one expected a blizzard that dropped temps from the 60s to single digits in just hours - and trapped hunters out following an incredible number of ducks flying through Iowa that day. read more: bit.ly/32clPk4
- state parks and wildlife areas are not pumpkin dumps (it's illegal!) instead: compost give it to a farmer yard waste collection/local pick up and wildlife? their diet's just fine without pumpkin. if you leave them on your property, make sure they're not moldy or rotten.
- Replying to @iowadnrWe've stocked about 4,000 paddlefish in Lake Rathbun. They may be small now but these prehistoric fish can grow to be 5 feet long or more and live 20 to 30 years. Welcome Home!
- Replying to @iowadnrGuess what lived in the river then? Paddlefish! Since April 2023, the DNR's Rathbun Fish Hatchery has been culturing paddlefish. These fish are now 2 feet long. Some also have transmitters to tell us how they grow, how and where they travel, and survival rate.
