Magers-Fionof v. State

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by citizens disenchanted with the State’s forestry management practices. They sued, claiming monetary damages for alleged losses caused by the State’s policy of permitting commercial harvesting of trees on state-owned property. The district court dismissed their petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We affirm.

I. Background.

Plaintiffs learned in 1993 that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its predecessor, the Iowa Conservation Commission, have been harvesting mature, healthy trees in Walnut Woods State Park,…