Environment

Forty Iowans have signed up this year through the Iowa DNR Forestry – Fire Program to fight wildfires outside of Iowa. Some are helping battle wildfires out West.

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory researchers want to know if native plant species will come back to a unique wetland called a “fen” in Emmet County. This large fen was drained 70 years ago and used for agriculture.

An Iowa conservation group wants to plant more than 800,000 acres of monarch habitat in the next 18 years.

A conversation about how wildlife copes during natural disasters like the August 10th derecho.

It’s hard to make music when a deadly virus is making the rounds. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by maestros and educators from the symphony, college and K-12 level to explore how the pandemic is impacting the state’s music community.

On this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe introduces us to the helpers who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in the aftermath of the derecho.

The storm we’re calling Derecho 2020 was enormous and powerful. It traveled 770 miles from Nebraska to Indiana and left a path of destruction 50 miles wide. Wind gusts over 100 MPH were registered in several locations. Even though Iowa is no stranger to severe weather with tornadoes, flooding and drought, most of us have never experienced a storm of this magnitude. On this edition of Talk of Iowa we asked two of Iowa’s leading experts on climate change to help us put this storm in perspective, find out what we can learn from it.

The science behind the August 10 derecho.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working with Hy-Vee to prevent milky water from reaching an Ankeny creek after 800 gallons of spoiled milk were poured down a storm drain.

A century of stewardship 1920-2020