Environmental News

Some Iowa beekeepers make extra money by taking their bees to California for the winter to pollinate almond trees, but that work is literally drying up with the drought on the West Coast.

John Doershuk has been state archaeologist since 2007 and directs the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist

Sites at most of the country’s coal-fired power plants are contaminating groundwater, according to new report by nonprofits.

Wild Side column: Season opens Saturday and though numbers are way down from peak times, it’s still fun

States across the Mississippi River basin are experiencing drought more commonly found in the arid Southwest, federal data show. The dryness has disrupted agriculture, beached barges and upset ecosystems across large swaths of the Midwest, Great Plains and beyond, in epic proportions — even as the region also sees climate change-induced increases in rainfall.

Wild Side column: Fishing was memorable, but the sights, sounds and solitude was even better

Big Grove Brewery and GreenState Credit Union have partnered, for the second year in a row, to release A Greener State of Mind, with proceeds going to benefit Wings2Water, an environmental group started at the Eastern Iowa Airport.

While Linn County Conservation officials said the plan to pave a currently grassy trail will make it more accessible, some people who attended a public meeting Tuesday said they fear paving the trail will ruin its “tranquility.”