These views. ⛅️

Getting some forest management tips at the Yellow River Forestry Field Day. Great time of year to be at Yellow River State Forest! 🍁🍂

Made it home and took a harvest tour with Dad. This field is combined ✅️ and seeded with cover crops ✅️. High five, Dad. 👍

The campground renovation is nearly done at Ahquabi State Park. Assisted with tree planting today. 🌳🌳🌳

A day in the woods is a good day. 🍁🍂

Trout stocked at Heritage Pond in Dubuque today! Check out the community trout stocking schedule 👇 iowadnr.gov/About-DNR/DNR-…

Talking wetland management today with wildlife staff. I spy ducks! 🦆

Look at all the duck food 🦆👇

Beautiful day to collect and spawn south pine brook trout!

36th annual Governor's Pheasant Hunt is in the books! Little soggy but lots of birds. Thanks to Bremer County Pheasants Forever for hosting.

In a collaborative effort between the Iowa DNR Bureaus of Fisheries and Wildlife that began three years ago, the state has restored Mill Creek and several acres of land experiencing streambank erosion. Learn more about the restoration effort here: ecos.org/news-and-updat…

Fun fact: the Iowa State Parks system has two yurts. Today they both got new covers!

know what this is? 👇 it's a refrigerator holding 400 pounds of cheese that can now go out through a food pantry rather than to a landfill! the pantry was able to add the commercial fridge thanks to the Iowa DNR’s Food Storage Capacity Grant. read more: bit.ly/3ApXifi

My hunting and fishing licenses auto renewed today for 2023. Iowa DNR So I got that going for me. Which is nice. 😎

In this week's Iowa DNR fishing report: "Brown Trout - Good: For brownies slow to take bait, a keen eye and fly box filled with a variety of sizes and colors makes a difference between catching and taking your pole for a walk." Seems like solid advice. 😎🎣

It's gillnetting season! Time to collect walleye broodstock.

Designated 90 new miles of Iowa water trials on the North Fork Maquoketa and Maquoketa rivers. Very picturesque! 🛶 Paddle safely, my friends!

You can't get much farther north and west in Iowa than Gitchie Manitou State Preserve! Gitchie features a rich Native American history and cool quartzite outcroppings. Iowa DNR

Prickly pear in Iowa?! YUP.