In the first five years of Iowa City’s Root for Trees program, residents and businesses have purchased more than 1,600 trees — about 320 per year. The program opened applications for its sixth year this month.
Olivia Cohen Environmental News Aug. 7, 2025 7:44 am58d ago
In the first five years of Iowa City’s Root for Trees program, residents and businesses have purchased more than 1,600 trees — about 320 per year. The program opened applications for its sixth year this month.
Grace Nieland Local Government Aug. 6, 2025 7:20 am59d ago
Linn County officials this week approved funding for three studies to learn more about current water quality conditions.
State Government Aug. 5, 2025 3:25 pm60d ago
Also, Fairfield becomes Iowa’s newest Main Street Community
Environmental News Aug. 4, 2025 1:25 pm61d ago
Some beaches with higher bacteria levels have dropped between last week’s testing and Friday’s
Environmental News Aug. 4, 2025 1:33 pm61d ago
The Iowa DNR had previously placed the alert through Friday due to thick smoke traveling south from Canadian wildfires
By Cami Koons - Iowa Capital Dispatch
News Aug. 4, 2025 1:53 pm61d ago
The installation of saturated buffers and bioreactors will help to improve the Middle Cedar watershed by keeping nutrients in the fields, according to IDALS.
Olivia Cohen Environmental News Jul. 31, 2025 2:46 pm65d ago
The Iowa DNR has placed an air quality alert for much of the state due to “moderate to heavy” smoke conditions. The alert will likely be lifted at midnight on Friday.
By The Associated Press News Jul. 31, 2025 9:58 am65d ago
“They hit the ceiling, and then they fell to the ground,” Leann Clement-Nash told ABC News. “And the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground and people were injured. It happened several times, so it was really scary.”
Environmental News Aug. 4, 2025 3:12 pm61d ago
The water quality forum – which was hosted by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch – comes on the heels of a spike in nitrate levels in Iowa’s waterways
Environmental News Jul. 30, 2025 3:25 pm66d ago
Agri Star Meat and Poultry and NEW Co-op have both agreed to pay $50,000 settlements for water contamination violations
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Weather Jul. 29, 2025 2:21 pm67d ago
Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds.
Environmental News Jul. 29, 2025 7:47 am67d ago
In one year, the program, which works in partnership with the Johnson County Master Gardeners, has increased the number of participants can join the free program
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