Conservation Connection

Paddling While Impaired

Paddling While Impaired

Iowa’s draft 2024 Impaired Waters List is up for public comment. If you are wondering where to find cleaner lakes and rivers for recreation, we have an interactive map to help you, as well as some observations on this latest assessment.

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Green Stuff in the Skunk River

Green Stuff in the Skunk River

No it’s not an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration! That strange color in the South Skunk River is probably a blue-green algae bloom, stimulated by unseasonably warm weather. If you see water like this, be cautious, they can produce toxins.

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Prairie Rivers Wins Grant to Help Pollinators and Farmers

Prairie Rivers Wins Grant to Help Pollinators and Farmers

For 20 years, Prairie Rivers of Iowa has been meeting one-on-one with landowners to support their efforts to be good stewards of the land. A grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund will help us continue this work, with a special focus on planting more milkweed for monarchs.

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A Year of Pollinator Progress!

A Year of Pollinator Progress!

Prairie Rivers was able to accomplish many pollinator goals in 2023! From mobilizing a city-wide plan to improve the plight of pollinators to receiving a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant, we have been working hard to educate the public and serve our natural community!

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