21 Jul 2017

Flying Squirrel photobomb leads to new discovery

By Julie Buckles

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

21 Jul 2017

Iowa Sierra Club Announces Details Of Annual Meeting

By Pam Mackey
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.  
18 Jul 2017

Northern Lights Possible tonight

By Terry Swails via Twitter

A big solar flare could produce the nothern lights

14 Jul 2017

Conservation Districts of Iowa welcomes national conservation community

By Leah Daniels

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

14 Jul 2017

Easy Access to Wildlife Experts Available with Online Tool

By Becky L. King

ISU Extension and Outreach wildlife website provides answers to landowner questions

12 Jul 2017

Purdue scientists identify link between plant nitrogen uptake and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

By Shari Finnell

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.

12 Jul 2017

Living Lands & Waters Call For Volunteers II

By Crystal J. Milburn

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.

10 Jul 2017

Call for Action after Iowa Forestry Bureau is Dissolved

By Shannon Ramsay

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.

29 Jun 2017

Gov. Reynolds presented President Trump at White House energy event

By Office of the Governor of the State of Iowa

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Gov. Kim Reynolds traveled to Washington, D.C., Wednesday to present to President Donald Trump at a White House energy event.

“Iowa is a leader in energy innovation,” Gov. Reynolds said. “We have a solid track record of smart investments in a diversified energy portfolio. We invested early in biofuels and tapped Iowa’s richest natural resource–our fields. Now, we lead the industry.

27 Jun 2017

Gov. Reynolds issues statement on EPA’s move to rescind Clean Water Rule; Waters of the U.S. rule withdrawal is welcome news, Grassley says.

By Office of the Governor of the State of Iowa; Grassley Press

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the following statement Tuesday after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to rescind the Clean Water Rule and redefine “waters of the United States” or WOTUS:

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