The entire situation cost Iowa taxpayers over $2.3 million, which is money Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said he intends to ...

Patrons of Green Valley State Park have witnessed an alarming sight this year — dozens of trees removed or even burned. Though the image is drastic, park operators are working to restore the natural ...

If you're seeing and smelling smoke in Cedar Rapids it's because of controlled burns being conducted by city staff.The Cedar ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s census data, Iowa has lost nearly 10,000 farms, marking a 10.1 percent ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Bringing native prairie back to ... any place people put in prairie plants, it's great." Kathy Wine, the executive director of River Action, said the project will create ...

Crews around cedar rapids spent Tuesday working on some prescribed prairie burns.We got a couple of calls about people smelling or seeing smoke today -- particu ...

Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...

What do you see when you walk out your door? This isn’t a mindfulness exercise; scientists want to know. Johnson County ...

Flames swept across the prairie at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center Monday afternoon—not from a wildfire, but from a carefully planned burn aimed at bringing Iowa’s grasslands back ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A new River Action program is trying to bring prairies back to the Quad Cities area. Officials from River Action announced the prairie restoration initiative, Getting Back ...

Prescribed fire is the most cost-effective way to manage land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).