OTTER CREEK – Older, Wiser, Livelier Souls (OWLS) programs have resumed at Otter Creek Lake and Park. Join us this winter for more engaging presentations on nature, history, and more. OWLS programs are held at 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Tama County Nature Center (2283 ...
The Iowa DNR is asking trappers for help with a study on Iowa’s gray fox population. “We’re asking trappers who happen to catch a gray fox alive to contact me or wildlife technician Dave Hoffman directly so we can make arrangements to equip the animal with a neck collar and release it ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Iowa State graduate and former Jones County Conservation natural resource manager Curtis Behrens has been hired as the new director of Tama County Conservation. The announcement was made during November’s meeting of the Board of Conservation which took ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced on Nov. 1 that an effective Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Grundy, Black Hawk, Tama and Marshall Counties is expanding its territory while also adding a new phase that focuses on edge-of-field conservation practices. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...