571—52.1 (481A) Established. The following state-owned lands and water under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources are established as wildlife refuges or sanctuaries for the purpose of preserving the biological balance pursuant to the provisions of Iowa Code section 481A.39, and for the protection of public parks, public health safety and welfare, and to effect sound wildlife management.
	 52.1(1) State parks, recreation areas and preserves.
Park or Preserve  	  County
A.A. Call 	 Kossuth
Abbie Gardner Sharp 	 Dickinson
Arnolds Park Pier 	 Dickinson
Backbone 	 Delaware
Barkley Memorial 	 Boone
Beeds Lake 	 Franklin
Bellevue 	 Jackson
Big Creek 	 Polk
Bixby 	 Clayton
Black Hawk Lake 	 Sac
Bob White 	 Wayne
Browns Lake 	 Woodbury
Brush Creek Canyon 	 Fayette
Cameron Woods 	 Scott
Clear Lake 	 Cerro Gordo
Cold Springs 	 Cass
Dolliver Memorial 	 Webster
Eagle Lake 	 Hancock
E.B. Lyons Prairie-Woodland Preserve and Nature Interpretive Center 	 Dubuque
Echo Valley 	 Fayette
Elinor Bedell 	 Dickinson
1. Except that area along the shoreline signed as a public hunting area.
Elk Rock 	 Marion
Fish Farm Mounds 	 Allamakee
Fort Atkinson 	 Winneshiek
Fort Defiance 	 Emmet
Frank A. Gotch 	 Humboldt
Frank Pellett Memorial Woods 	 Cass
Galland School 	 Lee
Geode 	 Des Moines-Henry
George Wyth 	 Black Hawk
Green Valley 	 Union
Gull Point (Okoboji Areas) 	 Dickinson
Heery Woods 	 Butler
Honey Creek 	 Appanoose
Indian Village 	 O’Brien
Inn Area (Okoboji Areas) 	 Dickinson
Kearny 	 Palo Alto
Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie 	 Jasper
Lacey-Keosauqua 	 Van Buren
Lake Ahquabi 	 Warren
Lake Anita 	 Cass
Lake Darling 	 Washington
	  1. 	 That portion of the recreation area south and west of the main entrance road from Highway 1 and 78 to the south end of the modern campground.
	  2. 	 That portion south of the east recreation area road from its intersection with the main entrance road to Honey Creek.
	  3. 	 That area between the main entrance road and the south shore of Lake Darling starting at 7/8 mile from the intersection with Highway 1 and 78 and ending at the south end of the modern campground.
Lake Keomah 	 Mahaska
Lake Macbride 	 Johnson
Lake Manawa 	 Pottawattamie
Lake of Three Fires 	 Taylor
Lake Wapello 	 Davis
Ledges 	 Boone
Lennon Mills 	 Guthrie
Lewis and Clark 	 Monona
Little Maquoketa Mounds 	 Dubuque
McGregor Heights 	 Clayton
McIntosh Woods 	 Cerro Gordo
Malchow Mounds 	 Des Moines
Maquoketa Caves 	 Jackson
Margo Frankel Woods 	 Polk
Mericle Woods 	 Tama
Merritt Forest 	 Clayton
Mill Creek 	 O’Brien
Mines of Spain 	 Dubuque
	  1. 	 That portion within the city limits of the city of Dubuque located west of U.S. Highway 61 and north of Mar Jo Hills Road.
	  2. 	 The tract leased by the department of natural resources from the city of Dubuque upon which the E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center is located.
	  3. 	 That portion located south of the north line of Section 8, Township 88 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P.M. between the west property boundary and the east line of said Section 8.
	  4. 	 That portion located north of Catfish Creek, east of the Mines of Spain Road, south of the railroad tracks. This portion includes the Julien Dubuque Monument.
Mini-Wakan 	 Dickinson
Nestor Stiles Prairie 	 Cherokee
Nine Eagles 	 Decatur
Oak Grove 	 Sioux
Oakland Mills 	 Henry
Okamanpedan 	 Emmet
Orleans Beach 	 Dickinson
Palisades-Kepler 	 Linn
Pammel 	 Madison
Pecan Grove 	 Muscatine
Pikes Peak (McGregor Area) 	 Clayton
Pikes Point 	 Dickinson
Pillsbury Point 	 Dickinson
Pilot Grove 	 Iowa
Pilot Knob 	 Hancock
Pine Lake 	 Hardin
Pioneer 	 Mitchell
Plum Grove 	 Johnson
Point Ann 	 Clayton
Prairie Rose 	 Shelby
Preparation Canyon 	 Monona
Red Haw Hill 	 Lucas
Rice Lake 	 Worth-Winnebago
Rock Creek 	 Jasper
Sharon Bluffs 	 Appanoose
Silver Lake 	 Delaware
Spring Lake 	 Greene
Springbrook 	 Guthrie
	  1. 	 That portion of the recreation area enclosed within the following described boundary: beginning at the southeasternmost corner of the property boundary and following that boundary west to the Raccoon River; then northwesterly along the river to the mouth of Springbrook Creek; then northeasterly along the east bank of Springbrook Creek to a point directly north of the water tower; then southeast to the trail east of the water tower; then along the northern and easternmost portion of that trail system to a point near the pond dam located in the southeasternmost corner of the park; then southeast to the point of beginning.
	  2. 	 That portion of the recreation area enclosed within the following described boundary: beginning at the easterly southeast boundary corner and proceeding both north and west along County Highway F25 for a distance of 200 yards; then on a straight northeast/southwest line between the two points described above.
	  3. 	 That portion of the recreation area bounded on the north by the property boundary, on the east by the dirt road known as Oak Avenue intersecting with State Highway 384 and on the southwest by State Highway 384.
	  4. 	 That portion of the recreation area located on and west of a line approximately 100 yards east of the west property boundary which is east of the dirt road known as Oak Avenue from State Highway 384 north to the north property boundary.
All above areas are posted with “closed to hunting” boundary signs.
Starr’s Cave 	 Des Moines
Steamboat Rock 	 Hardin
Stone Park 	 Woodbury
Strasser Woods 	 Polk
Trappers Bay 	 Dickinson
Turkey River Mounds 	 Clayton
Twin Lakes 	 Calhoun
Union Grove 	 Tama
Viking Lake 	 Montgomery
	  1. 	 That portion of the recreation area enclosed within the following described boundary: on the north, the boundary of the refuge is described as the main entrance road to its “T” intersection with the road to the north boat ramp; thence northeasterly along the boat ramp road to the northwest corner of the boat ramp area to the lake water line.
	  2. 	 On the south, the boundary is described as a line beginning at the north/south-east/west boundary corner south of the entrance road east to the road leading to the south picnic area parking lot and along that road to the easterly corner of that parking area; thence east to the lake water line.
	  3. 	 All of the above area is posted with “closed to hunting” boundary signs.
Walnut Woods 	 Polk
Wanata 	 Clay
Wapsipinicon 	 Jones
	  1. 	 All of the property within the state ownership boundary lines except the portion locally known as the “Oler Property” located in the southeast portion of the property line the boundary of which is marked with wildlife refuge signs.
	  2. 	 Within the above described area, a circular shaped parcel approximately 400 yards in diameter centered on the enclosed rental shelter.
Waubonsie 	 Fremont
Wildcat Den 	 Muscatine
Woodman Hollow 	 Webster
	 52.1(2) Wildlife refuges.
	  a.   	 Restrictions. The following areas under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources are established as game refuges where posted. It shall be unlawful to hunt, pursue, kill, trap, or take any wild animal, bird, or game on these areas at any time, and no one shall carry firearms thereon, except where and when specifically authorized by the department of natural resources. It shall also be unlawful to trespass in any manner on the following areas, where posted, between the dates of September 10 and December 31 of each year, both dates inclusive, except that department personnel and law enforcement officials may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties, and hunters, under the supervision of department staff, may enter when specifically authorized by the department of natural resources.
Area  	  County
Lake Icaria 	 Adams
Pool Slough Wildlife Area 	 Allamakee
Rathbun Area 	 Appanoose
Sedan Bottoms 	 Appanoose
Wildlife Exhibit Area 	 Boone
Sweet Marsh 	 Bremer
Big Marsh 	 Butler
South Twin Lake 	 Calhoun
Round Lake 	 Clay
Allen Green Refuge 	 Des Moines
Henderson 	 Dickinson
Jemmerson Slough Complex 	 Dickinson
Spring Run 	 Dickinson
Ingham Lake 	 Emmet
Forney Lake 	 Fremont
Riverton Area 	 Fremont
Dunbar Slough 	 Greene
Bays Branch 	 Guthrie
Green Island Area 	 Jackson
Hawkeye Wildlife Area 	 Johnson
Muskrat Slough 	 Jones
Colyn Area 	 Lucas
Red Rock Area 	 Marion, Polk, Warren
Badger Lake 	 Monona
Tieville/Decatur Bend 	 Monona
Five Island Lake 	 Palo Alto
Big Creek-Saylorville Complex 	 Polk
Chichaqua Area 	 Polk
Smith Area 	 Pottawattamie
McCausland 	 Scott
Princeton Area 	 Scott
Prairie Rose Lake 	 Shelby
Otter Creek Marsh 	 Tama
Green Valley Lake 	 Union
Three Mile Lake 	 Union
Lake Sugema 	 Van Buren
Rice Lake Area 	 Winnebago
Snyder Lake 	 Woodbury
Elk Creek Marsh 	 Worth
Lake Cornelia 	 Wright
	  b.   	 It shall be unlawful to trespass in any manner on the following areas, where posted, anytime year around, except that department personnel and law enforcement officials may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties, and hunters under the supervision of department staff may enter when specifically authorized by the department of natural resources.
Area  	  County
Middle River Wildlife Area (formerly Banner Pits) 	 Warren
Black Hawk Bottoms Wildlife Area 	 Des Moines
	  c.   	 It shall be unlawful to trespass in any manner on the following areas or portion of the areas during the time of the year they are posted as refuges. Department personnel and law enforcement officials may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties, and hunters under the supervision of department staff may enter to retrieve dead or wounded game animals when specifically authorized by the department.
Area  	  County
Gladys Black Eagle Refuge 	 Marion
	 52.1(3) Open water refuges. Rescinded 6/17/98, effective 7/22/98.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 481A.5, 481A.6, 481A.8 and 481A.39.