State officials will hold a meeting this month in Dubuque County to discuss the recovery of bobcats in Iowa and to once again broach the idea of allowing the hunting of the animals in the county. Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff will host a public information session at E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18. In 2021, the DNR removed Dubuque County from a list of counties in which a bobcat hunting season was to be added, after receiving 20 letters opposing the season from county residents and other feedback.
