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Category: Environment

Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

State parks ‘couldn’t function without volunteers’

by John Naughton / For IowaWatch May 28, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Campground reservations ‘a shot in the dark’

by Silvia Oakland / IowaWatch May 26, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

What bugs are Iowans seeing?

by Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch May 11, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Mild winter ushers in wasp-ish spring for Iowans

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Posted inEnvironment

‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

by John McCracken, for the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting April 29, 2021May 7, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inClimate Change and Agribusiness, Environment

Once climate change deniers, the agriculture industry positions itself as part of the solution

by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow April 1, 2021April 4, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch, The Lead Story

16.6 million visit Iowa’s state parks in 2020; Lake Manawa, Gull Point top the list

by Danielle Gehr / IowaWatch January 28, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, Government

Midwest Center sensors find potentially hazardous pesticides near schools, parks and homes

by Claire Hettinger and Johnathan Hettinger, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

Lone rangers: Number of state park officers declines despite growth in visitors

by Rick Jost / IowaWatch December 4, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnvironment, Fighting COVID-19 in Iowa, IowaWatch

Coronavirus muddies financial waters for parks

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