The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has approved spending $75,000 on a filter system for the Spirit Lake fish hatchery in Dickinson County to improve the production of muskellunge or muskies.

Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in collecting the northern pike needed this year. “Within one night, we had over 130 fish in one net, so we caught ...

SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KUOO) - An annual rite of spring and gillnetting operations is underway on the Iowa Great Lakes. “This year we need around a thousand female walleyes to get the number of eggs ...

Iowa has lost between 89% of its original wetlands, according to the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. It will take around two to three years until the natural habitat is restored, according to the SLPA.

CLEAR LAKE - State fish hatcheries are beginning the annual spring fish collection with the first northern pike entering the Guttenberg Hatchery Tuesday. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in a budget-saving move, is asking employees who live in state-owned houses at fish hatcheries to move out by the end of 2028. The houses where biologists ...