Funds will be used for cover crops, grassed waterways, reduced till/no till agreements, streambank stabilization and sinkhole protection such as buffers in the watershed.
Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources continues to undergo significant administrative changes under Governor Terry Branstad. Last week Wayne Gieselman, the Environmental Protection Division Administrator, was pressured into resigning. Gieselman worked at the DNR for 12 years in total, and held this most recent position for over nine years. Long time farmer and environmental activist Bill…
An 11,600-head cattle feedlot the focus of an ongoing lawsuit against the state and continued scrutiny from neighbors soon will have less state oversight because owners have satisfied a stormwater management permit that will expire Jan. 1.