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Old railroad bridge could become an outdoor recreation destination in the coming years
You don’t have to go far to find a great place to spend your time in the outdoors
This summer, the monarch was officially designated as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. While there are many reasons why, gardeners can do their part by helping these beloved butterflies by planting monarch loving plants in their yards.
Efforts in Iowa will focus in Cedar Rapids -- where both ADM and PepsiCo have factories -- and in Clinton.
The Nature Call: It was worth a 116-mile trip to Jasper County to see black-bellied whistling ducks.
A White House program has promised that 40 percent of climate-related funding will go toward historically disadvantaged communities, including low-income communities and communities of color. But will it actually get into the right hands? And how will it be used?
“It could have easily been turned into another housing development off of Sugar Bottom Road,“ Brad Freidhof, county conservation program manager, said in an email. ”There is so much growth occurring, it is important to save this type of habitat and the cultural history associated with it.“
A $17,000 grant will fund 30 cultural community gardens in Linn County.
Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.
High school teams and competitions are growing across the state and country
Wildside column: A new “deadly dangle“ technique was discovered during a recent outing when the traditional one wasn’t working.
Cedar Rapids wastewater pollution control facility fishes out one to two dumpster loads of these commonly flushed items every week.
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.
Two Davenport men who earned money last year by hauling and storing thousands of junk tires without permits have been ordered to pay a total of $90,000 for the violations and to remove the tires from the property they rent, according to court documents.
