Support the health of Iowa's wildlife & natural habitats! The Iowa DNR offers ways professionals, students, and members of the general public can get involved.

The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) consists of seven citizens who provide policy oversight over Iowa's natural resource protection and enhancement efforts. NRC members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by vote of the Senate for four year terms.

The Forest Action Plan contains a set of strategic goals and strategies aimed at maximizing forest health and productivity, strategically growing Iowa’s forests, and promoting the benefits of Iowa’s forest resource.

The Iowa DNR's Wildlife Diversity Program (WDP) works to conserve numerous nongame species found in Iowa. The program oversees the Iowa Wildlife Action Plan.

The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) consists of seven citizens who set policy, adopts administrative rules and hears appeals in contested cases related to fish, wildlife, conservation law enforcement, park and forestry programs.

Learn about the species the Iowa DNR is working to help restore in Iowa. Amongst species actively being restored are trumpeter swans and peregrine falcons.

The 2010 inventory of low-head dams in Iowa began with the Iowa Conservation Commission’s 1979 Inland Dams Inventory. For five years, additional data was added via the water trails program. When this plan was initiated, a review of existing GIS data and aerial photos was conducted in the study area. The

purposes. After the war, the Iowa Conservation Commission resumed its efforts to fulfill the 1933 recommendation, and in 1947, the legislature appropriated $1.27 million to begin work on what would eventually become eight new man-made lake parks. Of the artificial lake parks envisioned in the 1933 conservation plan, the Shelby-Audubon project had

The Wildlife Section of the Iowa Conservation Commission has the responsibility to monitor wildlife population trends, manage state-owned lands for wildlife production and diversity and conduct research projects to provide a scientific basis for management of Iowa’s wildlife.

Conservation Commission in 1964, the forerunner to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), has successfully restored this species to most of its former nesting range in Iowa (see Giant Canada Goose Restoration).