Iowa Wildlife Federation

                                  Opening Day Meets Expectations Iowa’s much anticipated, centennial pheasant season got off to a roaring start as hunters from across …

One of the things I most love about hunting wood ducks is that quest often leads to some of the …

If there was a single month of the year that I could grab, put in a bottle, and keep forever …

If you’ve not yet seen or heard a big old bullfrog booming from the edge of your favorite fishing hole …

Spring Surveys Remained Largely Unchanged             When the days grow cooler and autumn winds shift to the north, Iowa duck hunters …

This year’s multi-segmented, multi-zoned Iowa duck season kicks off with a statewide teal-only hunt beginning September 6.  Although Iowa teal …

After a year of enduring things like weather, migration, and the rearing of youngsters, a bird’s feathers began to show …

With its four-foot height, ear-piercing call, and six-foot wingspan; I think you’d be hard pressed to find a bird with …

Biologists with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources have completed statewide July goose banding operations.  This year, a total of …

According to Iowa’s state climatologist, last winter was the fourth least snowy in 138 years of record keeping – a …

            A Yellow-headed Blackbird, Of Course! With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the …

Spring is in the air -- literally.  Leaving their winter homes, millions of neotropical songbirds are now winging their way …

Birding enthusiasts are always on the lookout for something out of the ordinary – a new or rare species that …

For Iowa’s wild turkeys, the lengthening days of spring bring on a dramatic change in attitude.  Gobblers that have peacefully …

A seldom observed survivor of Iowa’s historic past, the rare and delicate pasque flower is currently on full display across …