Iowa’s Natural Resource Commission meets Thursday in Shenandoah

Iowa’s Natural Resource Commission meets in Shenandoah on Thursday with a fishing-regulations contract on the consent agenda. An Iowa Department of Natural Resources release dated Oct. 2, 2026, sets the business meeting for 10 a.m. Oct. 8 at the Shenandoah Public Library, 201 South Elm Street.

Commissioners tour on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Waubonsie State Park and Riverton Wildlife Area in Fremont County. Anyone who wants to join the tour is told to contact Alicia Plathe at Alicia.Plathe@dnr.iowa.gov or 515-313-8909 before 4:30 p.m. Oct. 6. The meeting and the tour are open to the public. Remote attendance is a video conference at meet.google.com/smw-cnju-drz, or phone 361-245-0121, pin 803 292 109, then the # key.

On the fishing side of the Oct. 8 agenda, the consent list includes Contract Amendment-2 with Kalkomey Enterprises, LLC, labeled fishing regulations. The release names the contract and does not describe what the amendment changes. Other water items on the list include alum-application contracts for Casey Lake with the Black Hawk County Conservation Board and with SOLitude Lake Management, and boat-ramp parking improvements at Rock Creek State Park in Jasper County. The next meeting is Nov. 12 in Des Moines. The full agenda is linked from iowadnr.gov/nrc. Director Kayla Lyon’s department posted the notice.

This is a The Gillnet news desk summary, not a reprint.

Source: Iowa DNR — Natural Resource Commission tour and meeting set for Oct. 7-8, 2026 (Oct. 2, 2026).