Wild Side column: Fishing was memorable, but the sights, sounds and solitude was even better
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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.”
Five experts discussed the widespread impacts of extreme weather during an hour-long panel at Iowa Ideas 2022
The Nature Call: This recent outing was a win right from the start. Squirrels and the local woods aligned with my ambitions and pocketbook.
Wildside column: Pools 9 and 10 are among the best, but other places down stream work, too
Farmers’ adaptations to increased rainfall are changing how water moves across the landscape
As rainfall has increased — a symptom of our warming atmosphere — the frequency of flooding has intensified. Now, river-adjacent communities like Cedar Rapids are turning away from flood mitigation to instead make room for the water.
After floods hammered St. Louis and eastern Kentucky this summer, the Ag & Water Desk wanted to know: Is rainfall increasing in the Mississippi River basin? Here’s how we reported it.
A journalism partnership of more than 14 newsrooms — including The Gazette — asked climate scientists to analyze 50 years of rainfall patterns. They found that some parts of the U.S. now receive up to 8 more inches of rain each year than they did 50 years ago.
The report focuses only on releases from industry - not farm and animal feeding operations, which exacerbate the pollution problem.
Fall colors have already started appearing in the trees in Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the time to go leaf watching is now.
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