The Iowa Great Lakes Association is a proud sponsor of the Okoboji Blue Water Festival on Saturday, August 13th along the magnificent shores of West Lake Okoboji on Preservation Plaza. This world-class performer takes to the stage following a day long festival...
Your help is needed. No sailing skills on your part required. The Okoboji Yacht Club will be hosting the annual Inland Lakes Yachting Association Annual Class X Championship Regatta on Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning – July 28th, 29th, and 30th. Last year Pewaukee...
Zebra Mussels continue to reproduce in the Iowa Great Lakes area, with evidence surfacing as lake residents work with their docks this spring. The first Zebra Mussels were discovered in the Okoboji area in the fall of 2012. Since then, the population continues to...
Although Curly Pond Weed has been around the Iowa Great Lakes for years, it is now spreading rapidly on the north end of East Lake Okoboji. It is an Aquatic Invasive Species that has crowded out native plants. Because of its thickness and rapid growth feature is...
As the Iowa Great Lakes area continues to see growth in the Zebra Mussel population, a report surfaced recently of failed eradication efforts at Christmas Lake, Minnesota. The failed effort at Christmas Lake was not a result of a failure to act quickly or a failure of...
An educational meeting will be held on October 27th at 2:00 PM to discuss groundwater loading to West Okoboji. Keith Schilling, a research scientist from the Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa, will present the findings from a recently completed study...
The Iowa Great Lakes area has been featured on BLT: The Blog for Lifestyle & Travel’s blog as one of the 50 things you need to experience in Iowa. It’s #11 on the list.
Photos surfacing this fall show Zebra Mussels in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
The Chicago Tribune recently featured an article titled "Iowa's Great Lakes just keep luring 'em back" featuring our "Midwestern Paradise — the kind of place that people drive to not for what's new but for what's always been there." For the full article, follow this...
The Dickinson County Clean Water Alliance is committed to excellence in its efforts for Clean and Clear Water in every lake of the county. To help them achieve this goal, they are reaching out to business and industry representatives, community leaders, individuals,...
A northwest Iowa tourist attraction is drawing accolades from USA Today's readers. Those readers voted West Lake Okoboji as the third best recreational lake in the country. Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri came out on top, followed by Big Bear Lake in California. West...
Iowa Great lakes Association’s Bill Van Orsdel & Phil Petersen present an example of the Big Head Carp to Mike Hawkins - DNR Spirit Lake Biologist - commemorating the successful installation of the Lower Gar $1,000,000 Electric Fish Barrier which has prevented any...