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.
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Erin Jordan Environmental News Jul. 21, 2022 7:44 pm
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.
John Lawrence Hanson Sports Jul. 20, 2022 1:23 pm
Hunting for flathead catfish and other ‘creatures’ can be challenging.
Environmental News Jul. 17, 2022 8:52 am
Samples taken from the Iowa lake tested for the presence of the amoeba; results to come
Energy Jul. 15, 2022 12:45 pm
There will be meetings in five eastern Iowa counties from Aug. 29-31, plus a virtual meeting on Sept. 19
Environmental News Jul. 14, 2022 9:13 am
Construction on a community solar garden in Cedar Rapids started this summer with an estimated completion of late next summer.
Environmental News Jul. 12, 2022 6:00 am
Monarch Research will open online ordering for a spread of 32 native tree species for woodland landowners on July 18.
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
State Government Jul. 11, 2022 3:32 pm
Seven Iowans have appealed state regulators’ decision to grant a water use permit to an 11,600-head northeast Iowa cattle feedlot.
Sports Jul. 8, 2022 9:33 am
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.”
Environmental News Jul. 8, 2022 6:00 am
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.
Agriculture Jul. 8, 2022 2:38 pm
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.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Jul. 7, 2022 2:51 pm
The over-application increased the risk of contaminating nearby waterways with nitrate, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Environmental News Jul. 7, 2022 11:28 am
“Not all derechos are created equal,” said Rich Kinney, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau.
Government & Politics Jul. 6, 2022 6:00 am
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.
Environmental News Jul. 5, 2022 5:41 pm
They’re monitoring wind gusts and rains as the storms creep into Minnesota and Iowa by Tuesday evening.