conservation

Dry weather, high temperatures and a lack of rainfall across parts of the Midwest and Great Plains have caused a spike in water demand from city residents. In response, some cities are implementing conservation measures to keep their water supplies from drying up.

Tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains are embracing and sharing traditional agricultural knowledge with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone.

Land that was once purchased for a nuclear power plant is now 6,000 acres of restored prairie at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper County. One day, it hopes to reach 8,650 acres.

Ecological restoration often works from the ground up in an effort to recreate a native ecosystem. Rewilding is about letting nature take its course. What can these different approaches do in Iowa?

A new report from the Environmental Working Group found targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's conservation funding to the Mississippi River region would have huge benefits to water quality and the climate.

Prairie chickens, a native species to parts of the Midwest and the Great Plains, were extirpated from the state through habitat destruction and hunting. The species was reintroduced in the 1980s with varying levels of success. There are now fewer than 100 wild prairie chickens living in the state.

Host Charity Nebbe and wildlife biologist Jim Pease observe the prairie chicken mating dance and discuss the species’ precarious situation in Iowa.

Neil Hamilton's The Land Remains blends memoir, history, and contemporary environmental issues to tell the story of how land shapes our lives.

Conservation groups are concerned a bill that advanced in the Iowa Legislature last week would prevent the expansion of public lands in the state for outdoor recreation and wildlife.

On this episode of Talk of Iowa: the environmental impact of traditional burial techniques and the growing field of green burial options.