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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Changing Iowa Weather – the new normal?
Listen to this week’s radio segment on Iowa’s changing weather. After a summer of record breaking weather, some Iowans are wondering: is this the new normal? This is the Iowa Environmental Focus. Over the past 20 years, our weather has … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Flooding
Tagged CGRER, changing iowa weather, flooding, Gene Takle, iowa disasters, Jerry Schnoor, new normal climate
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CGRER’s Forbes nets grant to improve elementary science education teaching
From the University of Iowa News Services: Elementary educators (grades K-6) are expected to be content experts in many different areas -– from math and literacy to science. Yet few of them have the specialized training and support necessary to … Continue reading
On the Radio: Preventing flood damage
Below is the transcript of the second installment of our radio segment. In it, we once again hammer home the importance of flood prevention. If you can’t catch the clip on the air, you can listen to it here. Thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, On the Radio
Tagged CGRER, Delhi, Iowa Floods, Jerry Schnoor, soil and water conservation, watershed coalitions
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Anatomy of Iowa Floods: Preparing for the Future – Seminar Series – 2010
Next stop: Red Oak. The Iowa Floods of 2008 are receding into history, but Iowans can learn from them, and from flooding this past summer. That was the message put forth in community seminars sponsored in part by the University … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Iowa floods, Anatomy of Iowa Floods: Preparing for the Future, CGRER, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Flood Center, Iowa League of Cities and the Iowa State Association of Counties, Iowa State University Extension, Rebuild Iowa Office, University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education
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On the Radio: Spurring interest in the sciences, Back to School Special
This week marks the beginning of CGRER’s new radio segment (unsurprisingly) called the Iowa Environmental Focus. Below is the audio and transcript of our first clip. For more information on the segment, check out our “On the Radio” page. Click … Continue reading
Posted in On the Radio
Tagged CGRER, Cory Forbes, Davenport, Iowa Environment, Jerry Schnoor, Science Education
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Rural-Urban coalitions key to flood preparation
On Tuesday, a group of flood researchers and policy makers stopped in Elkader for the first of four seminars that will examine Iowa’s recent history of flooding, and what communities can do to better prepare for floods. James Q. Lynch, … Continue reading
Photos from Delhi
Along the way to Tuesday’s flood preparation seminar in Elkader, Sen. Joe Bolkcom, ecologist Connie Mutel, flood researcher Nathan Young, and Wayne Peterson of the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship stopped by the former site of Lake Delhi to … Continue reading
Soil erosion problem and more: Leopold shares parting thoughts in Des Moines Register
On Sunday, outgoing Iowa DNR director Richard Leopold shared some final thoughts about the state of Iowa’s environment in a Des Moines Register guest column. There, he lamented about the state’s lack of progress in cleaning its rivers, it’s underfunded … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Uncategorized
Tagged Air Quality, cover crops, Des Moines Register, Iowa DNR, Iowa Environment, l Richard Leopold, soil erosion, water quality, water runoff
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No doubt: Iowa is getting wetter
In case you missed it last Sunday, the Cedar Rapids Gazette gave a huge front-page spread to a piece that lays out some sobering data on Iowa’s recent trends in precipitation – much of it supplied by CGRER’s own Gene … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Rapids Gazette, CGRER, Gene Takle, Iowa climate, Iowa Floods, Iowa Floods 2010, Iowa rain
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