conservation

We Can Do Better, a book of speeches and letters, share's Johnson's messages of our shared responsibility to care for the earth. Then, how Riverside Iowa became the future birthplace of Captain Kirk.

One of the most influential criminologists in the world explores why Americans are drawn to the true crime genre. Then, efforts to preserve a wetland in northwestern Iowa.

A new report examines Iowa farmers’ awareness and opinions related to the state’s strategy to cut nutrient runoff in waterways. The majority support more conservation, but their numbers have softened over the last decade.

From 1959-1989 there were no peregrine falcons found in the wild in Iowa. Now, these raptors are seeing success in their natural habitat and urban environments.

Across Iowa, funding cuts to the national service agency AmeriCorps ordered earlier this year by the Department of Government Efficiency are leaving gaps in nature conservation, youth education and community outreach programming. The cuts have eroded trust with the young people who sign up with AmeriCorps to serve their communities.

Across much of the Midwest, the atmosphere is becoming warmer and retaining more water, leading to heavier downpours. A two-crop system called relay intercropping could help farmers buffer weather whiplash and boost profits.

A major plan is in the works to enhance Crescent Hill at Hitchcock, a recreational area in the Loess Hills of western Iowa. A Pottawattamie County official says the plan is to raise at least $25 million to make the area a four-season destination. The project would include a new tubing hill at the ski area, cabins, an amphitheater and more public space.

A federal freeze on certain USDA programs has held up billions of dollars for conservation and caused layoffs at a nonprofit in Iowa that supports soil and water quality.

Experts in the field are starting to "crop-up."

Since 2000, a small team at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been collecting, cleaning and distributing seeds to reconstruct prairies across the state. One of their longest running partners to help fill orders is Iowa’s Department of Corrections.