WEST DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Monday the state agriculture department invested in 14 urban water quality projects, including one that backs up to the historic Jordan House where he spoke. The project in West Des Moines will add bioretention cells, or rain gardens, native plants and a stormwater wetland […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an informational meeting from 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, to introduce the pub…
Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq.Â
According to the EPA’s Consumers Guide to Radon Reduction, radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced by the breakdown of uranium…
LITTLETON – Get a new perspective of the Wapsipinicon River through all seasons! Spring, summer, and fall paddles will occur down different st…
Iowa is an outlier for the wrong reasons, according to several environmental advocates who spoke at the Harkin Institute’s annual wellness symposium, which this year focused on the future of clean water. Speakers at the symposium noted Iowa’s cancer rates, which are the second-highest in the nation, the state’s overwhelming amounts of animal manure and […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill near Fort Dodge, caused by a leak of a fertilizer byproduct, according a press release. The spill reached the South Branch of Lizard Creek, where DNR staff observed dead fish for several miles and the byproduct, causing brown, murky water stretched around seven road-miles […]
Spring cleaning has its drawbacks and its advantages. The drawbacks are obvious… nobody really likes to clean. Once the task is complete, the …
Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end.
On Monday mornings, Rich Gradoville visits the steams near his home in Johnston, not for fishing or recreating, but to test the nitrate concentration of the flowing water. The retired school teacher is part of a network of citizen scientists contributing to the Nitrate Watch program, through the Izaak Walton League of America, to monitor […]