Eight publicly owned Iowa lakes to benefit from improved conservation practices on private land in their watersheds, thanks ...

Water quality projects near publicly-owned lakes in KMAland have received state funding. The Iowa Department of Agriculture ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced Aug. 5 that ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Tuesday more than $450,000 in cost share funding was ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have ...

Casey Lake in Hickory Hills Park will benefit from new conservation funding aimed at protecting water quality in public lakes ...

Also, Fairfield has become the newest Main Street Iowa community, highlighting its dedication to downtown revitalization and ...

State officials Tuesday announced more than $450,000 in financial assistance to support landowners in adopting conservation ...

There have never been more resources focused on conservation work across Iowa, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig told a standing-room-only group of farmers last month at the Iowa State ...

It’s not an isolated example. A 2004 photo of Iowa farmland buffered by acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. Mark Vandever/U.S. Geological Survey/Flickr ...

Clay said some local conservation districts have gotten creative—they will rent out equipment to farmers, for example. Now, he said he’s exploring other funding options beyond the state budget.

I am Andrea Fager, a former employee of Conservation Districts of Iowa. On Feb. 11, Conservation Districts of Iowa made the difficult decision to lay off 38 employees.