Fish

Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is working on finalizing a plan to improve a northwest Iowa lake plagued by poor water quality.At a Wednesday…

Flooding in northwest Iowa earlier this summer propelled an invasive species of fish called Asian carp towards the Iowa Great Lakes, but biologists say a…

When it comes to organic certification, there are strict guidelines for food producers to follow. For an organic steak, the cow it came from has to be…

After pulling a few all-nighters netting, sorting and spawning fish, Iowa’s fisheries supervisors are ready for a break. They’ve spent the last month…

Happy Friday! Here's your news buzz wrap-up for the week...Joyce Russell, IPR’s Statehouse Correspondent, recaps the 2014 Iowa legislative session:Paul…

Is winter almost over? And how has the long, harsh season affect Iowa's waterways and aquatic life? Also, the latest Quinnipiac poll, 2014's Cancer in…

For this News Buzz show, Ben Kieffer talks with a variety of guests about new jobs numbers, the 51% four-year graduation rate at the University of Iowa,…

One thing Midwesterns do better than everyone else (or at least claim to do better than everyone else) is bake pie. Host Charity Nebbe speaks with Peggy…

Thanks to tight competition, hog farmers are feeling a push to expand or get out of the business. That means indoor confined animal feeding operations –…

Since its beginning, the conservation movement has been focused on preserving the natural places we still have, but Joe Whitworth, president of the…