State officials want to develop a drought plan that would include a trigger point to call for precautions, such as water rationing. Iowa has been ruled highly vulnerable to drought in part because crops are not irrigated.
Hunting for flathead catfish and other ‘creatures’ can be challenging.
Samples taken from the Iowa lake tested for the presence of the amoeba; results to come
There will be meetings in five eastern Iowa counties from Aug. 29-31, plus a virtual meeting on Sept. 19
Construction on a community solar garden in Cedar Rapids started this summer with an estimated completion of late next summer.
Monarch Research will open online ordering for a spread of 32 native tree species for woodland landowners on July 18.
Seven Iowans have appealed state regulators’ decision to grant a water use permit to an 11,600-head northeast Iowa cattle feedlot.
Department of Natural Resources fisheries management biologist Mark Flammang describes the fast-growing, hard-fighting hybrid striped bass that are thrilling anglers and tearing up their tackle at Rathbun Lake and several other Iowa reservoirs as “the common man’s trophy fish.”
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources last month awarded Carroll the Brass Bluegill award from its Fish Iowa! program. The award has been presented every year since 1996 to an outstanding local program.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined a northwest Iowa dairy owner the maximum $10,000 penalty for releasing 376,000 gallons of manure into a creek from a new anaerobic digester that hadn't been properly sealed or certified.
The over-application increased the risk of contaminating nearby waterways with nitrate, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
“Not all derechos are created equal,” said Rich Kinney, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau.
A Cedar Rapids landscaping company has partnered with a team of former Iowa State University researchers to sell a climate-friendly additive to fertilizer that some experts tout as key to soil rejuvenation and carbon sequestration. It may also help with water quality.
They’re monitoring wind gusts and rains as the storms creep into Minnesota and Iowa by Tuesday evening.
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