Launch Okoboji 2013 - party in Omaha to celebrate the beginning of the 2013 season. Party given by Denny and Diana Walker at the Jet Linx airplane hangar. Over 150 Omaha lake owners attended. Kazarellis catered the event with KUOO live streaming music. Goodie bags...
Fishermen from all over the Midwest came to the Iowa Great Lakes this weekend to try and get a valuable tagged fish! See the full album on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.520896031308220.1073741826.285576484840177&type=1&l=34d5b02b7b
EXPLORE OKOBOJI - APRIL 11,2013 The discovery of zebra mussels in some of the Iowa Great Lakes is changing how the Iowa Department of Natural Resources conducts its annual gillnetting operations. Kim Bogenschutz coordinates the aquatic invasive species program for the...
Posted: 02/26/2013 SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa - The electric fish barrier that will keep Asian carp from entering the Iowa Great Lakes through the Lower Gar Lake outlet is in place and operational. All that remains to be completed for the nearly $1 million project is final...
By Brandon Barb, Spencer Daily Reporter Staff - THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 2013 Funding for Iowa lakes projects could be cut drastically in the 2014 fiscal year if Gov. Terry Branstad's budget proposal is approved. The current budget is at $6 million, and would be cut down to...
The Iowa Great Lakes Association held a business member reception Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Arnolds Park. Recognizing that not only lakes residents but businesses have a passionate interest in preserving our lakes and the thriving economy...
Thousands of people gathered around the Iowa Great Lakes for the 2013 Winter Games Jan. 25-27! Whether you went to the Chocolate Classic or the Polar Plunge, there was lots of smiles! Enjoy the faces of this year's Winter Games! [nggallery id=35]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has found a small number of additional zebra mussels in the Iowa Great Lakes. The DNR released a press release this week about the discovery.
Last fall the lakes area was jolted awake by reports that Asian carp were found in East Okoboji and Spirit Lake. Both bighead and silver Asian carp were found, with the silver carp carrying the reputation as the "jumping fish". After several meetings with the Iowa...
KECY TV - Mankato Giant, flying fish may soon be a potential danger in the Minnesota River. Asian Carp have been present in the Missouri River system for some time, but during the floods in 2011 they made their way to lakes and streams in southwestern Minnesota. To...
Courtesy Mike Hawkins, Iowa DNR As you can see the footings for the new wing walls have been poured. The insulcrete mix is still causing some workability issues, but has improved since the initial pour on the building pad. I watched on Friday as the concrete got...
By Mike Hawkins Iowa DNR Although no dirt has moved at the site of the new electric fish barrier, it doesn’t mean that things haven’t been moving forward. An engineering firm and manufacturer of electric fish barriers, Smith- Root Inc. of Vancouver Washington, was...