An analysis by Investigative Midwest found that a substantial share of Iowa’s rivers and lakes labeled as impaired have remained in poor condition for at least a decade, highlighting persistent pollution risks for swimmers, boaters, and others who regularly use these waters.
The Department of Natural Resources is currently working with an outside consultant to determine what modifications should be made to the dam
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources relies on Iowa volunteers, and some power plant employees, to monitor peregrine falcons’ nests to ensure the species, which was reintroduced in 1989, continues to take refuge in the Hawkeye State.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in Winneshiek County’s Dry Run Creek, southwest of Decorah, than spanned six miles.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fielded a series of calls last week after dead fish were found floating in Cedar Rapids’ Ellis Harbor. A fisheries biologist with the agency said it was a naturally occurring kill that resulted in thousands of dead gizzard shad.
Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy was developed in 2013 as part of a larger, 12-state task force to address the growing size of the hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico by reducing nutrient levels in the Mississippi River Basin. It was last updated in 2017.
The number of donors to Iowa’s Fish and Wildlife Fund has declined by 50 percent in the last 20 years, the DNR reports.
Tax exemptions provide an incentive to qualifying landowners to preserve their woodlands, but bills introduced in the Iowa Legislature last year and again this year seek to change the state’s Forest and Fruit Tree Reserve program.
Clean water advocates in northeast Iowa plan to challenge a water permit for a large cattle feedlot in state court, as part of their continuing efforts to protect a prized trout stream.
The alert comes after nine OHV/ATVs broke through ice on Iowa lakes last weekend.
According to a press release from the Iowa DNR, the semi driver was headed east on the interstate and pulled over after noticing the tires were smoking.
Ultimate goal is an Iowa that is “built for everyone” in the project being led by the UI and Pathfinders RC&D.
The annual events are hosted by staff and volunteers of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. There are several guided hikes Wednesday in Eastern Iowa.
The lawsuit would be an uncommon move by residents to force compliance with the Clean Water Act. Agri Star Meat & Poultry has routinely violated its wastewater permit.
A nonpoint source management plan allows a state to be eligible for grants through the federal Clean Water Act that address nonpoint source pollution. Iowa drafted its first plan in 1990 and continues to update it at regular intervals.
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