As the 2025 camping season approaches, the Iowa DNR is looking for volunteers who love the outdoors to serve as campground hosts at Iowa's state parks and fores ...

These four scientists studied Iowa’s flora, preserved prairie, and drafted legislation to establish Iowa’s state park system.

Iowa is often referred to as flyover country, but it has much more to offer. The Hawkeye State boasts four seasons with different things to do all year long. During the warmer ...

The Iowa Senate State Government Subcommittee discusses a resolution Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, that would replace the current ...

Lawmakers dropped a huge tax overhaul last week at the Statehouse that some leaders say has been decades in the making.

"That was instilled by my father taking me to state parks and national parks ... He took the job at Effigy Mounds in northeast Iowa as another chance to pursue his dream of working with nature. Effigy ...

In a now viral post, recently-fired National Parks Service ranger Brian Gibbs from Iowa, detailed his firing and what it ...

Lovers of all things Iowa, this stunning state forest looks and feels like something out of a fairytale instead of our little corner of the world.

Keep Iowa Beautiful is now signing up volunteers ... year of volunteers picking up trash along roadways, parks, and in cities across the state. “You know it can be anything, any group you ...

The Republican proposal would replace Iowa's Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund with a fund dedicated to lowering property taxes.