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Conservation

Muskrat trappers needed at Otter Creek Lake & Park

OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County Conservation is in search of muskrat trappers at Otter Creek Lake & Park to remove nuisance animals. Availability is limited and interested parties must receive special permission prior to trapping. Contact Park Officer Riley Conrad at ...

Hosek, Dieleman awarded Tama SWCD scholarships

Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer and Abe (Douglas) Dieleman of rural Toledo have been selected to each receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dylan is a North Tama graduate ...

Iowa Outdoors: After 49 years, moose makes its way back to Tama County

Forty-nine years ago a three-year-old bull moose weighing about 1,500 pounds and having an antler spread greater than three feet across was poached in Tama County. That moose is now back and once again calls Tama County home. Anyone old enough who resided here nearly 50 years ago should ...

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Casey Lake in Tama County

TAMA COUNTY — Starting October 4, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) relaxed the fishing regulations at Casey Lake in Hickory Hills Park to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated. The goal of the lake restoration project is to improve water quality ...

Tama Co. Conservation approves new memorial bench policy

TOLEDO – During the October meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, a new policy regarding the placement of memorial benches in county parks was approved in the wake of public comments made at previous board meetings. The board unanimously approved the new policy during the ...

Irvine Prairie draws a crowd as part of annual conference

RURAL DYSART – Irvine Prairie in rural Dysart was featured as part of this year’s annual Roadside Vegetation Conference – a conference organized by UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) for those working in one way or another in county roadside vegetation programs. While most of the ...

Iowa PBS to feature Dysart’s Irvine Prairie Oct. 10 & 15

The Irvine Prairie in Dysart will be featured in an upcoming episode of Iowa PBS’s Iowa Life, a new magazine-style series uncovering the diverse tapestry of Iowa's people, cultures and stories. The episode featuring Irvine Prairie will premiere Tuesday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. and be ...

Tama Co. farmer speaks at 2023 Farm Aid

NOBLESVILLE, IND. – Willie Nelson and family took the stage near midnight for the final musical set of the 2023 Farm Aid Concert held in Noblesville, Indiana, Sept. 22-23. It was all you could hope for as a conclusion to the two-day event, according to Berleen Wobeter, a Tama County ...

Sills celebrates one year with Iowa Land Management, opens Dysart office

DYSART – A year ago this month, rural Dysart resident Jeremy Sills took a big leap by purchasing the longtime Vinton realty firm for which he once worked as a crop advisor and licensed real estate broker – Iowa Land Management and Real Estate Company. And since that time he’s leaped ...