In this ‘digital age,’ from telephones to newspapers, there’s a rare magazine that is flourishing as a hard copy edition. Of all places, it is published by state government. We go inside Iowa Outdoors.
Inside "Iowa Outdoors" Magazine
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Iowa Outdoors is printed every two months, with limited exposure online
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Two editors in the Iowa Outdoors workspace: Alan Foster (left) and Brian Button
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Photographs and story content were upgraded seven years ago
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Ty Smedes has contributed to various DNR publications for more than 25 years
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A field of blazing star at Doolittle Prairie near Story City
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Vintage 1950s, and the nation’s first conservation TV show";
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In a still-frame, the TV audience sees a giant carp filleted with a hatchet
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From the original DNR TV show, host Jim Harlan samples smoked carp
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One-piece swim suits were the fashion at Clear Lake in this program on water safety
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The DNR’s earliest publications go back to the 1930s";
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Artist Maynard Reece created the artwork for the Iowa Conservationist masthead in 1942, a forerunner of Iowa Outdoors
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Brian Button in the “pin up” room where the magazine is formatted for printing";s:
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