27 Feb 2025

Iowa Environmental Council Releases Interactive Climate Change and Environmental Health Map

By Bethany Kohoutek

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 27, 2025) — This week, the Iowa Environmental Council introduced the new Climate Change and Environmental Health map, a web-based tool highlighting more than 45 different environmental pollutants, climate-change threats, and public health-data points for Iowa communities.

19 Feb 2025

Quad Cities Flood Resiliency Alliance Meeting — Open to the Public

By Kathy Wine

RIVERDALE, IOWA (February 19, 2025) — The next meeting of the Quad Cities Flood Resiliency Alliance will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025, 3PM, in the City Hall Community Room in Riverdale, Iowa. The Alliance is open to the public and is a forum for timely and educational information on flood prevention, mitigation, flood insurance, and floodplain management. The agenda for the February 20 meeting includes:

14 Feb 2025

Coal Ash Waste from MidAmerican Coal Plants Poses Immediate and Long-term Health Threat to Iowans

By Bethany Kohoutek

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 14, 2025) — Analysis from the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University, released today by Sierra Club and the Iowa Environmental Council, highlights how elevated levels of toxins from MidAmerican Energy’s coal-ash waste pose significant health threats to Iowans.

13 Feb 2025

Iowa Leopold Conservation Award Seeks Nominees

By Casey Langan

MADISON, WISCONSIN (February 13, 2025) — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Iowa 

04 Feb 2025

Iowa Schools Help Promote Pollinators

By Casey Langan

MADISON, WISCONSIN (February 4, 2025) —

15 Jan 2025

Homemade Health and Home Program, Wapsi River Environmental Education Center, January 25

By Rebecca Baugh

DIXON, IOWA (January 15, 2025) — On Saturday, January 25, 2025, 1:30-3:30PM, there will be a Homemade Health and Home program held at the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center in Dixon, Iowa.

Come join Wapsi River Center staff and learn to create your own health and home products made with natural ingredients.

15 Jan 2025

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Presents Over $175K Ceremonial Check to University of Northern Iowa for Pollution Prevention Grant

By Jonathan Klusmeyer

LENEXA, KANSAS (January 15, 2025) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director DeAndré Singletary presented a ceremonial check for over $175,000 to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) at its Curris Business Building in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

14 Jan 2025

Working Lands Conservation Corps Partners Announce Request for Proposals for Host Organizations

By Candice Abinanti

WASHINGTON DC (January 14, 2025) — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), The Corps Network, and AmeriCorps announced the request for proposals for host organizations for the second cohort of the Working Lands Conservation Corps (WLCC).

This past year, WLCC engaged over 100 corps members, serving 28 organizations in 25 states.

08 Jan 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

By Madelyn Bremer

LENEXA, KANSAS (January 8, 2025) — Each January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to raise awareness of radon exposure during 

06 Jan 2025

Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) Announces Expedited Funding for Monitoring Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Minnesota Wildlife

By Noah Fribley

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA (January 6, 2025) — Governor Tim Walz on January 3, 2025, approved a recommendation from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) for $1,267,000 from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) to address the novel and escalating threat posed to wildlife by highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as "bird flu," in Minnesota.

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