Water Quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said nitrate and nitrite levels in six sections of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon and South Skunk rivers exceed safe drinking water standards and need to be curtailed.

Voters approved conservation bonds to help fund new trails, support wildlife and improve water quality in Johnson and Story counties. The bonds received nearly 80% of the vote; they needed 60% to pass.

With the statewide conservation fund left empty and limits on the budgets of county boards of supervisors, conservation boards want to secure their own sustainable funding for projects to build trails, address water quality and educate the public.

Retired national television journalist Harry Smith is teaching a college course in Iowa.

In April, the EPA announced a rule to reduce toxic air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants across the U.S.

Millions of dollars in county conservation funding are at stake for some Iowa voters during the Nov. 5 general election.

Bruno Pigott visited Iowa to see water quality issues and solutions first-hand. Then we learn about the “mini moon” that is temporarily orbiting the Earth.

Serra Hoagland was the first Native American to graduate from Northern Arizona University with a Ph.D. in forestry. Hoagland works for the USDA Forest Service building partnerships with tribes and conducting research in those communities.

Iowa has struggled to reduce pollutants in its waterways.

Iowa's state parks struggle to manage upkeep with constrained budget.