The Nature Call: A tip of walleye success leads to a night visit under the 5-and-1 dam in downtown Cedar Rapids.
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The Nature Call: A tip of walleye success leads to a night visit under the 5-and-1 dam in downtown Cedar Rapids.
The requirement, part of an EPA administrative order, comes as the agency is accelerating its response to so-called “forever chemicals.”
City leaders shared wide-ranging impacts of dry conditions at a news conference last week hosted by the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative -- from barge slowdowns to water main breaks caused by shifting dry ground.
The DNR is trying to withdraw the water quality improvement plan. Its the first TMDL withdrawal the agency has proposed.
This marks the first time the DNR has proposed to withdraw such a plan.
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
Trees with no visible insects or fungus are dying on ravines and ridge tops across the Midwest. Foresters can do little more than cut down the majestic trees and harvest them quickly to beat the rot.
By grouping projects together for design and installation, coordinating groups can save money and get things done faster.
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.
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