Environmental News

Efforts in Iowa will focus in Cedar Rapids -- where both ADM and PepsiCo have factories -- and in Clinton.

The Nature Call: It was worth a 116-mile trip to Jasper County to see black-bellied whistling ducks.

A White House program has promised that 40 percent of climate-related funding will go toward historically disadvantaged communities, including low-income communities and communities of color. But will it actually get into the right hands? And how will it be used?

“It could have easily been turned into another housing development off of Sugar Bottom Road,“ Brad Freidhof, county conservation program manager, said in an email. ”There is so much growth occurring, it is important to save this type of habitat and the cultural history associated with it.“

High school teams and competitions are growing across the state and country

Wildside column: A new “deadly dangle“ technique was discovered during a recent outing when the traditional one wasn’t working.

Cedar Rapids wastewater pollution control facility fishes out one to two dumpster loads of these commonly flushed items every week.

A lack of snowfall this past winter was likely a boon for Iowa pheasants, which were seen in roughly equal numbers as last year by state officers for their recent annual population survey.