A DNR fisheries biologist who evaluated sections of about 50 river miles over the course of four days following the southwest Iowa fertilizer spill, reported that he found no living fish. He also noted there were numerous dead frogs, snakes, mussels and earthworms.
Many of these beloved public spaces aren’t accessible to people with disabilities. In some cases, it’s because the parks were built decades before federal accessibility standards were enacted. But even some new state park features are not fully accessible, a former state official said.
More than half of Iowa’s assessed streams and rivers had impairments and 63 percent of lake or reservoir segments were impaired in the 2024 draft list
The crop fertilizer killed fish and might have affected the river all the way to the Missouri border.
Wastewater, including blood from Agri Star’s beef processing facility, went into Williams Creek before Postville city staff discovered the problem, diverted the waste into a holding tank and alerted Agri Star.
Each winter, the upper Mississippi River plays host to hundreds of bald eagles that are migrating to and from their breeding grounds. They join the so-called "resident eagles" that always live along the river to create an impressive sight, particularly at the end of February and beginning of March.
UI instructor and nonprofit director Fred Meyer reveals new Earthmind programming for students
American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative Inc. want to build a 102-mile, 345-kilovolt line linking Iowa's Dubuque County and Wisconsin's Dane County.
The scope of the company’s project in Iowa has expanded considerably in recent weeks and is the result of another company, Navigator CO2, abandoning its plans for a similar system.
The Nature Call: John Lawrence Hanson drove for miles and miles to find a good cross country skiing trail
Nitrogen-impaired drinking water in Minnesota’s farm country has been a gnarled reality for rural landowners with private wells for decades, particularly in the southeastern portion of the state with porous geography. One Minnesota lawmaker said the time for encouragement through incentives for corn farmers to stop using fertilizer has passed.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, charged with managing Iowa’s state parks, tries to strike a balance between safeguarding Iowa’s big trees and letting visitors see, touch and experience them.
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