Mississippi River Basin

Mientras los agricultores enfrentan vientos contrarios históricos y dificultades del mercado, aumentan las llamadas a la línea directa nacional de Farm Aid y a la línea directa de Iowa Concern.

The Trump administration has announced $12 billion in relief for farmers but that won’t cover all their losses.

As farmers face historic headwinds and market hardships, calls to the national Farm Aid hotline and the Iowa Concern hotline are increasing.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input as it rewrites the definition of the “waters of the United States,” a key term in the Clean Water Act that determines over which waters the federal government has jurisdiction.

En el noreste de Iowa, un grupo de árboles ralos parece fuera de lugar. Está rodeado de campos de cultivo en el lado norte de una carretera de cuatro carriles, un oasis de naturaleza poco común en la zona rural de Iowa, donde cultivar cada pulgada de tierra es primordial.

Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss and a warming climate

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.

In less than 10 years, three catastrophic floods ravaged northwestern Wisconsin and changed the way people think about water.

Fourth-generation Middle Tennessee cattle farmer Cole Liggett lined up with scientists and environmental advocates in March to urge Tennessee lawmakers not to gut the state’s historically strong protections for wetlands.

On the last day of duck season in the heart of Arkansas’ best duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunting just wasn’t as good as previous years.