Pheasants are survivors. They are hardy and can make due in many circumstances of winter weather events. What they need are good winter cover habitats for protection from weather and predators, food sources. What they do not need are freezing rain systems to coat the ground with ice or make ...

The Mann Wetland complex is on its way to a big makeover. It will be restored to a wide variety of prairie grasses and wetland sedges on 159 acres. The entire area, including a forested southern segment, makes a total of 216 acres. The site is on the east side of Highway 330 (Marsh Avenue) ...

Deer hunting season number two ends on Sunday, Dec. 17. As of mid-week statewide, over 78,000 deer had been taken by hunters. Iowa regulations have a reopening of the archery and late muzzleloader deer seasons on Dec. 18, they will go through Jan. 10, 2024. By Jan. 10, the total deer off ...

Iowa deer season number one kicks off this weekend for the first of five days for taking deer with firearms. Up to this point, the majority of Iowa deer harvested have been from archers across the Hawkeye state. In fact, the total reported harvest reports as of mid week was bumping very ...

Beavers are industrious, hard working nocturnal rodents that exploit just about every available aquatic habitat in their tasks of survival. Judging by the fair number of small tributary impoundments they have created via their work of stacking cut branches in a stream channel, and then packing ...

Some Bald Eagles may be year round residents. Additional eagles have started to arrive, some to spend the winter with us, and others to gather in larger flocks at known hot-spots. Those special places where eagles may be viewed this fall and winter will be the outflow areas below the river ...