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| 3 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
Denison Beach (Black Hawk Lake, Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Lake Keomah Beach (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA)*
Lake MacBride Beach (Solon, Johnson County, IA)*
1 Beach with a Microcystin-related Advisory:
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program |
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What If Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Policy Actually
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In 2019, IEC released an analysis showing that the pace and scale of conservation practice implementation was not sufficient to tackle Iowa’s nutrient pollution problem. According to data from the most recent Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) annual report, Iowa hasn’t managed to pick up the pace. One promising program increasing the pace and scale of conservation practice implementation is happening in Polk and Dallas Counties, with a new “blitz” effort to install orders of magnitude more saturated buffers and bioreactors in target watersheds to reduce nitrate pollution. This is an exciting and positive step toward improving water quality at the local level, and there must be accelerated efforts toward curbing nutrient pollution across the state. However, this is just one piece of the puzzle to solving nutrient pollution in Iowa. In our new report, we took a deep dive into the shortcomings of the NRS and proposed policy changes that would make significant improvements to Iowa’s water quality and natural resources. These policy changes are necessary to curb nutrient pollution, not just anecdotes that help Iowans feel good about supposed progress toward poorly-defined goals. |
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Nominate a Pro H2O Award Winner Know a friend, family member, neighbor, community leader, colleague, or another Iowan who has made a positive impact on water quality and awareness? Nominate them for an award from IEC! Consider the people in your sphere who deserve to be celebrated for their efforts at Pro H2O this September. Nominations are due by June 21. Submit your nomination(s) and share with your network! |
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Join us to discuss Iowa's CAFO Problem 6/29 Join IEC, Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, and a panel of experts for eye-opening panel discussion about how Iowa is sacrificing our water for the benefit of big ag. We'll dig in to the Supreme Beef CAFO approval process as an example that demonstrates the threats and impacts CAFOs bring to water quality, how the CAFO approval process got us to where we are, and why its critical to protect our water. Register today and share with concerned friends and neighbors! |
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Get Our New Iowa Water Watch Sticker! We want to share our new sticker with you! Check out Iowa Water Watch on Instagram and give us a follow. Tag us on your photos using @iowawaterwatch and the #iowawaterwatch hashtag. If you tag us and share your Iowa water images with us, whether you're out having fun or spotting a problem, we will send you our new Iowa Water Watch sticker shown here. Decorate your water bottle, laptop, or kayak with it! We may also feature your image in our Instagram section above with a link to your profile, so readers can check out your photography and give you a follow. |
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Iowa Environmental Council
505 Fifth Ave., Suite 850
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2317
515-244-1194 | iecmail@iaenvironment.org |
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