Iowa Great Lakes Association

Walleye Weekend draws record number of anglers, no tagged fish caught

May 07, 2012 - Comments Off

A record 2,064 anglers registered and took to the Iowa Great Lakes this weekend for the 30th Annual Easter Seals Iowa Great Walleye Weekend, a 36-hour fishing tournament to benefit the Easter Seals of Iowa. This year’s competition featured a record […]

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DNR Issues update on Asian carp situation

April 27, 2012 - Comments Off

Mike Hawkins, Fisheries Management Biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, issued an update this week on the Asian carp situation in the Iowa Great Lakes. Following are his findings: The commercial angler has been keeping our office updated […]

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Earth Day event celebrates life and impact of Rachel Carson’s work

April 15, 2012 - Comments Off

Supporters of Earth Day and the Dickinson County Nature Center were treated with a special Earth Day event this year as actress and playwright Kaiulani Lee performed her one woman play “A Sense of Wonder” Saturday evening, April 14 at […]

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Further evidence supports need for electric fish barrier

April 06, 2012 - Comments Off

The discovery of additional silver carp and big head carp in East Lake Okoboji this week is further evidence supporting the need for an electric fish barrier. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued a news release on Wednesday stating […]

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Please contact your legislators

Posted On: March 23, 2012

We need friends of the lakes to contact their Iowa Representatives to encourage them to support a $200K appropriation for the electric fish barrier in

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