But areas along the Mississippi River could see slightly above-normal risks of flooding, a report from the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau stated.
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But areas along the Mississippi River could see slightly above-normal risks of flooding, a report from the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau stated.
Iowa will pay a contractor up to $834,000 to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from water in a 12-million-gallon basin holding runoff from a December explosion and fire in Marengo.
Donations to Iowa's Fish/Wildlife fund, informally called the Chickadee Checkoff, fell nearly 15 percent last year, but have been gradually shrinking since the fund was created in the early 1980s.
There is no long-term, stable financial support for watershed management authorities, creating unmet demand for local conservation practices.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources no longer has a deadline by which C6-Zero must clean up a Marengo explosion site, but is requiring the company to pay more than $400,000 for the work.
State and local regulators will be joined by C6-Zero representatives for a hearing Monday in Iowa County over whether a judge should force the company to comply with an emergency order to clean up the site of a Dec. 8 explosion and fire.
Jade McClay, a 9-year-old student at the Cedar River Academy, is undertaking projects that reduce waste and emissions.
Try your hand at citizen science by monitoring one of the state’s 500-plus bald eagle nests.
The cat was seldom seen by humans and didn’t cause safety or livestock problems, according to the Iowa DNR.
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Such projects are possible — but would require decades of construction, billions of dollars and an uphill political battle.
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