Bills in the Iowa House and Senate would limit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from buying land at auction with some exceptions. The House bill failed to advance out of committee on Tuesday, ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be forbidden from bidding on land at auction under a bill in the Iowa Legislature that faces opposition from conservation groups. Senate File 2324 would ...

A bill moving forward in the Iowa Statehouse limits how the Iowa Department of Natural Resources can purchase land to expand or create public lands.Iowa has 35.7 million acres of land, but only 3% is ...

Auctioneer Randy Stabe leads the largest land auction of his career Sept. 17 - 18 at the Hinton Community Center in northwest Iowa. Iowa farmers are seeing a drop in their income. Economists say one ...

DES MOINES — A bill that would limit the authority of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to purchase land for public use was shelved Wednesday ahead of a key legislative deadline. The House ...

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be prohibited from purchasing land at an auction, and nonprofit organizations would be prohibited from doing the same with the intention of ...