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Western Iowa university students took to restoring one of the nation’s largest urban prairies back to its natural state.
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Farmers till their land to prepare soil for planting, but a new study published in the journal “Earth’s Future” found topsoil in the Midwest is eroding on average nearly 2 millimeters per year.
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Host Charity Nebbe learns what these highly trained volunteers do to work toward a sustainable future for Iowa.
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A unique wetland in northwest Iowa was turned into farmland. A conservation easement is reviving it.A unique wetland in northwest Iowa that was heavily farmed for 70 years is showing early signs of a comeback.
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The Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area is implementing a long-term plan to promote and protect more diversity in its forests' species.
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The process of cleaning up fuel and coal spilled into the Mississippi River following a train derailment is well underway, according to state officials. The incident happened when a BNSF train hit a river barge in southeast Iowa on Saturday.
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The increased federal spending can partly be attributed to disaster assistance for flooding and wind-storms that damaged farmers' land.
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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.
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After centuries of large-scale destruction, humans need to recreate and reconnect habitat for the health of the natural and human worlds. Ecologist Nick…
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Farmers and landowners enrolling acres in the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program have a new practice available to them.Areas of…