Articles Tagged: conservation

Great egrets, which can nest in Iowa, were visible below the 5-in-1 dam in Cedar Rapids this week. The birds are on their migration to the southern United States and Central America for the winter.

A Rochester man’s proposal to turn a portion of southeast Minnesota’s Driftless region into a national park died less than a month after he proposed it this year. But discussion about protection and promotion of the region — which stretches into northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois — continues.

But there’s still more work to be done to close the gender gap in landownership education and resources, advocates say.

Irvine Prairie is being developed and managed by the Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa.

Bills would direct more money to the Iowa governor’s office, maternal health care and foreign animal disease preparedness, and away from water quality monitoring.

Proposed legislation would require the state to prioritize maintenance of current publicly-owned lands over the acquisition of new lands. Iowa ranks near the bottom of the list of U.S. states for its share of publicly-owned land. About 3 percent of the state is public land.

A recent report highlights low EQIP and CSP acceptance rates across the country, although Iowa officials say the state is in better shape than depicted.

With the population at a 17-year high, some say new solutions are needed as raccoons ravage urban residences and farms alike.

While Linn County Conservation officials said the plan to pave a currently grassy trail will make it more accessible, some people who attended a public meeting Tuesday said they fear paving the trail will ruin its “tranquility.”

Director loves the outdoors but now spends most of his time in front of a computer

Old railroad bridge could become an outdoor recreation destination in the coming years

A lack of snowfall this past winter was likely a boon for Iowa pheasants, which were seen in roughly equal numbers as last year by state officers for their recent annual population survey.

At least 25 destructive species — like water fleas and bloody red shrimp — are inching closer to the Mississippi River Basin.

The federal money allocated by the state will go toward paving the last 16 miles of trail along with other work needed to complete the project.

$6.2 million redevelopment of Linn County park now open after pandemic, derecho delays