Olivia Cohen

Prescribed burns are used to eliminate invasive plant species and help sunlight reach prairie plant roots. But how do they work? And what happens during a burn?

Meteorologists are predicting a quarter of an inch of ice or more on the roads starting late Friday night.

Many researchers who’ve spent their careers studying the natural world experience environmental grief from witnessing the changes and disappearances of some species. They encourage people to reconnect with nature, and say climate change is a challenge that an be turned into an opportunity.

The employees transitioning will continue working remotely, with “same pay and comparable benefits.” utility says

The Cedar Rapids Utilities Department organized a celebration last week to mark the culmination of two years of work to construct farmland edge of field practices — like saturated buffers and bioreactors — to improve water quality in Cedar Rapids and the surrounding area.

Emily Finzel, the department executive officer of the School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Iowa, talks about the new programs and changing mindsets about approaching sustainability.

So far in the 2024-2025 surveillance season, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports there have been positive cases of the fatal deer disease in three counties that previously did not have positive cases. Experts anticipate there will be more.

The company, which previously leased a space in downtown Cedar Rapids, chose the building because it offers room for expansion, opportunities for employee collaboration.

The Postma family, who live in Robins, were selected to donate their blue spruce tree for Cedar Rapids’ annual Christmas tree display and lighting ceremony at Greene Square.

The city developed a new ordinance with more robust light pollution guidance in 2019.

Almost 15,000 electric vehicles have been registered in state since 2020

The rusty patched bumblebee’s population decline has gotten worse in recent years, experts say.

Manchester teen credits faith and family in the achievement

The species could become ‘federally threatened’ in the coming months.

The Orlan Love Prairie — and other parts of Linn County’s Wanatee Park — will undergo reseeding efforts after invasive plants threatened to choke out the native Iowa plants that were put there to attract and support pollinators.