Orlan Love

DECORAH — The porous bedrock of northeast Iowa, known as karst topography, does not pose a great obstacle to the …

WELLMAN — Iowa’s tile-drained farms are notoriously ‘leaky systems,’ by nature unable to contain all the nutrients both applied to …

MARION – Residents and officials are not idly awaiting the eventual destruction of their ash trees by the emerald ash …

MCGREGOR – Not for nothing has swimming upstream become a metaphor for difficulty. The same holds true for paddling, as …

DUBUQUE — Unmanned aerial vehicles, famous for delivering lethal strikes on terrorists, have yet to live up to their considerable …

WASHBURN — Iowa farmers much prefer cooperative rather than confrontational approaches to improving water quality, several of them said Friday …

Passions and predilections determine what many Eastern Iowans rate as their favorite signs of spring. Hawk researcher Jon Stravers of …

A rare overwintering sandhill crane – or a thoroughly confused migrant – showed up in my neighborhood in mid February. …

A Decorah eagle was electrocuted last week – the fourth offspring of the world-famous parents to suffer that fate, the …

Until Monsanto comes out with Roundup Ready milkweed seed, we all would do well to grow the monarch butterfly-sustaining plant …

MANCHESTER – Removal of an obsolete dam and construction of an elaborate white-water course have earned Manchester the title of …

No positive tests for chronic wasting disease have been recorded among the first 26 samples collected in a special surveillance …

The potential for spring flooding is below normal on the Mississippi River and slightly below normal on its Eastern Iowa …

Conservation groups, agricultural interests and researchers are joining to launch a statewide effort aimed at reversing the rapid decline of …

This month will likely go down as Iowa’s ninth coldest February in 143 years, according to State Climatologist Harry Hillaker. …