The redemption businesses that remain are worried about a sudden influx of containers, similar to what they experienced after the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Some fear it will sour Iowans’ attitudes about recycling the containers.
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Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch Environmental News Jun. 24, 2022 6:00 am
The redemption businesses that remain are worried about a sudden influx of containers, similar to what they experienced after the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Some fear it will sour Iowans’ attitudes about recycling the containers.
John Lawrence Hanson Sports Jun. 22, 2022 1:08 pm
The Nature Call: I found plenty of evidence of a black bear on a recent visit to a Dubuque bird feeder.
Orlan Love - correspondent
Outdoors Jun. 21, 2022 10:04 am
Wildside column: Projects include ponds, wetlands, oxbow restorations, grass waterways, on-road detention basins, a grade stabilization and a water and sediment control basin
Community Jun. 20, 2022 6:00 am
Brad Shears reached the summit of the highest peak in North America at the end of May after a 4-year wait.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
News Jun. 17, 2022 6:00 am
“This is a strong statement from the EPA that these are a dangerous class of chemicals,” said David Cwiertny, director of the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination at the University of Iowa.
Environmental News Jun. 16, 2022 4:23 pm
The city has done regular water tests at the lake, called Sand Lake, in previous summers, but this is the first time there has been a no swim advisory due to high levels of E. coli bacteria, said Tyler Baird, superintendent of Parks & Forestry.
Environmental News Jun. 14, 2022 2:21 pm
LaPorte City has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine for discharging too much E. coli bacteria in treated wastewater going into Wolf Creek, a Cedar River tributary.
State Government Jun. 10, 2022 12:43 pm
State and federal officials called the funding from the federal infrastructure package ‘unprecedented’
Orlan Love - correspondent
Sports Jun. 2, 2022 11:48 am
Wildside column: A wonderful fishing week was spent with an unusual companion, an immature loon making a stop in Eastern Iowa
Environmental News Jun. 1, 2022 5:39 pm
A train derailment early Wednesday near Lansing caused coal to spill into the Mississippi River, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported.
News May. 31, 2022 1:52 pm
Coe College researchers are measuring the demographic trajectory and population viability of the ornate box turtle species in the Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area.
By Jared Strong, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
News May. 26, 2022 3:17 pm
Testing sites include Cedar Rapids metro area, Central City, Monticello, Decorah
State Government May. 26, 2022 6:00 am
The Iowa Legislature wants to spend $1 million next year to revise the state’s long-standing nitrogen fertilizer calculator used in seven corn-growing states. Some water quality advocates fear the update will mean more fertilizer applied to fields and more runoff into streams and lakes, but two Iowa State professors welcome the opportunity for new research into the nitrogen question.
John Lawrence Hanson - correspondent
Sports May. 25, 2022 1:48 pm
Recent hunt didn’t produce any birds, but did offering interesting sites, sounds and a friendly visitor