Research shows that across the globe, rivers that freeze are freezing later and melting earlier, and that includes the Mississippi. By the end of the century, one climate model suggests, the river may only reliably freeze near the Twin Cities — dramatically altering a way of life for the people and animals that use it farther downstream.
Tax exemptions provide an incentive to qualifying landowners to preserve their woodlands, but bills introduced in the Iowa Legislature last year and again this year seek to change the state’s Forest and Fruit Tree Reserve program.
Sundown Mountain Resort in Dubuque is a snowy oasis in a state that’s been experiencing one of its least snowy winters in more than 130 years. But not all weather-dependent businesses can manufacture their own snow.
Wild Side column: A trip to Lake of the Woods with cold days and warm friends
The ethanol industry has been a stabilizing force for corn prices in recent years, and boosting ethanol demand might help counteract diminished farm income.
A tenth revision of the 2015 Cedar Rapids Flood Control System master plan was approved last week by the city council. The plan’s intent is to mitigate flooding so an event like the catastrophic 2008 Cedar River flood doesn’t happen again.
Act allows flood control studies and projects along the river, including in Iowa
The U.S. Department of Agriculture anticipates egg prices will increase an additional 20 percent this year.
The city’s water complies with federal requirements, but test data for the past five years show concentrations that are higher than what is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Clean water advocates in northeast Iowa plan to challenge a water permit for a large cattle feedlot in state court, as part of their continuing efforts to protect a prized trout stream.
The Nature Call: Mars was bright during this lunar occultation
The alert comes after nine OHV/ATVs broke through ice on Iowa lakes last weekend.
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