“Our neighbor watched what we did to improve our pasture, and was so impressed she wanted her’s to look the same,” said Scott Whitney of Maquoketa. Whitney installed a managed grazing system including stand improvement, subdivision fences, brush control, and rotational grazing, and now is working to do the same thing to his neighbor’s pasture.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Thursday for Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette and Winneshiek counties in response to severe weather on July 19.

The governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of the severe weather. The proclamation also activates the Iowa Individual Assistance program for qualifying residents of the four counties.

ASHLAND, Wis.—A photobombing squirrel helped a Northland College student document the highest recorded observation of the gray tree frog in northern Wisconsin.

The July 2017 edition of the Iowa Sierran newsletter is now available.  Read the Iowa Sierran
 
This issue includes the following articles:
 
Sierra Club Brief Filed With Iowa Supreme Court.  The pipeline battle continues.  

NACD Summer Conservation Forum and Tour showcases successful soil health and water quality conservation projects across Iowa 

ISU Extension and Outreach wildlife website provides answers to landowner questions

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists released research findings that indicate corn management processes contributing to optimal levels of plant nitrogen uptake could result in fewer nitrous oxide emissions, long identified as one of the most potent greenhouse gases.

Davenport, IA, July-August 2017 – Chad Pregracke’s Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) needs your help this summer at their MillionTrees Project nursery!   Volunteers of all ages are invited to help pull weeds and get the nursery ready for acorn planting this fall (10.28.17). Lunch will be provided and a free reusable bag is given to participants, who can come and go as they please, at four nursery maintenance events, located at 6000 Eastern Avenue. Times are from 9am-12p.

MARION, Iowa (July 6, 2017)- Iowa Woodland Owners Association (IWOA) and Trees Forever are disappointed with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' (Iowa DNR) decision to dissolve its Forestry Bureau and calls on Iowa DNR leadership to reconsider its course of action.

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