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The wildlife refuge at the Hawkeye
Wildlife Area in Johnson County will be open for public use, including hunting
and trapping, on Dec. 19.
The main purpose of the refuge is to
provide a safe resting and feeding area for waterfowl. The Hawkeye Wildlife
Area is in the south duck and goose zone.
Iowa’s south zone duck season closes Dec. 14.
While the goose season will be open
until Jan. 15, 2018, geese use of the refuge is minimal this time of year,
preferring the open water in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metro areas.
Media
Contact: Tim Thompson, Wildlife Biologist,
Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 319-330-7013.
Des Moines –
The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources will meet at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 14, in the Wallace State Office
Building, fourth floor conference room, 502 East Ninth Street, in Des Moines.
The meeting is open to the public.
Members of the NRC are Kim Francisco, Dennis
Schemmel, Margo Underwood, Marcus Branstad, Phyllis Reimer, Tom Prickett and
Laura Hommel. The director of the DNR is Chuck Gipp.
Any person attending the public meeting and has
special requirements such as those related to mobility or hearing impairments
should contact the DNR or ADA Coordinator at 515-725-8200, Relay Iowa TTY
Service 800-735-7942, or Webmaster@dnr.iowa.gov, and advise of specific needs.
The following is the agenda for the Dec. 14 meeting.
- Approve Agenda
- Consent Agenda*
- *Contract with Hertz Farm Management Inc.
- *Contract with Agri-Valley Farm Management LLC
- *Contract with Mid States Farm Management Services
- *Contract with the Dickinson County Water Quality
Commission
- Approve Minutes of Nov. 9 Meeting
- Director’s Remarks
- Division Administrator’s Remarks
- Adams County Conservation Board Lake Icaria Project
- Donations
- Contract with Colorado State University (Chronic
Wasting Disease Testing)
- Contract Amendment-2 with Iowa Association of Soil
Conservation District Commissioners (Conservation Districts of Iowa)
- Contract with Agriland Inc.
- *Contract with Hertz Farm Management Inc.
- *Contract with Agri-Valley Farm Management LLC
- *Contract with Mid States Farm Management Services
- Public Land Management Project: Management
Agreement – Scott County – City of Bettendorf
- *Contract with the Dickinson County Water Quality
Commission
- Contract with the Polk County Conservation Board
(Easter Lake)
- Construction Projects
- Ledges State Park, Campground Renovation and
Entrance Portal – Boone County
- Maquoketa Caves State Park, Roadway Reconstruction,
Maintenance and Campground Electrical – Jackson County
- Lewis and Clark State Park, Blue Lake Auxiliary
Water Main – Monona County
- Lewis and Clark Stat Park, Shoreline Armoring –
Monona County
- Easter Lake, Lake Grading, Fish Habitat, Shoreline
Restoration – Polk County
- Red Rock Wildlife Unit, Mud Creek Water Diversion
Structure – Polk County
- Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Campground Improvements
– Van Buren County
- Geode State Park, Campground Renovation – Henry County
- Geode State Park, Lake Restoration – Henry County
- Small Construction Projects
- Public Land Acquisition Projects
- Ram Hollow Wildlife Management Area, Dubuque County
– Dubuque County Conservation Society
- Fox Hills Wildlife Management Area, Wapello County –
Myers
- Wapsi River Wildlife Area, Turtle Creek, Mitchell
County – Schroeder
- General Discussion
- NRC
Discussion of Administrative Law Judge Cases
-
NRC Annual
Report
- Next Meeting, Jan. 17, in Des Moines
For a complete agenda, go to www.iowadnr.gov/nrc
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