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Grant allows organizations to expand food storage, reduce food waste

• 11/10/2022 2:14:00 PM
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Iowa families facing food insecurity have more options for their Thanksgiving tables with the help of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Food Storage Capacity Grant.

DNR announces grant opportunity for food storage capacity

• 5/13/2021 1:04:00 PM
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DES MOINES — The DNR is offering a third and final targeted food storage capacity grant opportunity to help address food waste, an issue that negatively impacts environmental, economic and social sustainability in Iowa and across the country.

PLANT SOME SHADE® tree distribution scheduled for Fort Dodge

• 5/3/2018 8:15:00 AM
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FORT DODGE – Order forms are now online for MidAmerican Energy Company residential customers in the Fort Dodge area to purchase discounted trees.

DNR and Alliant Energy partner to provide trees for energy savings

• 3/15/2018 8:15:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Alliant Energy residential customers can purchase landscaping trees for their homes at a deep discount this spring. Customers may reserve up to two trees and pick them up at Operation ReLeaf events in Allamakee, Benton, Clarke, Dickinson, Dubuque, Greene, Linn, Muscatine and Wayne counties in April and May.

Reminder of Appointment Opportunity: Small Business Clean Air Act Compliance Advisory Panel

• 1/4/2018 8:27:00 AM
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Are you an Iowa small business owner, or otherwise interested in advising the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on air quality requirements affecting small businesses? The State of Iowa continues to look for interested individuals to appoint as members to the Clean Air Act Compliance Advisory Panel (CAP).

Elusive elk put down Saturday by wildlife officials

• 12/19/2017 1:21:00 PM
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An elk of unknown origin in eastern Iowa was shot Saturday afternoon to protect the Iowa deer herd and domestic livestock from the potential impacts of chronic wasting disease and other diseases.

Appointment Opportunity: Small Business Clean Air Act Compliance Advisory Panel

• 9/20/2017 10:44:00 AM
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Are you an Iowa small business owner, or otherwise interested in advising the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on air quality requirements affecting small businesses? The State of Iowa is looking for interested individuals to appoint as members to the Clean Air Act Compliance Advisory Panel (CAP), as established in Iowa Code section 455B.150.

Discount trees available for Alliant Energy customers

• 9/14/2017 8:28:00 AM
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A popular program offering landscape-quality trees at a deep discount to Alliant Energy customers will be held at eight locations across Iowa this fall. Residential tree distributions will be held in Buena Vista, Fayette, Jefferson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Lucas and Story counties this September and October.

Compost on Iowa Capitol lawns to help improve soil quality and promote cleaner water

• 9/7/2017 1:24:00 PM
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DES MOINES — In a partnership with the DNR and other state agencies to improve soil quality and reduce stormwater runoff on the Iowa Capitol grounds, crews will be applying layers of compost on the State Capitol Terrace lawns the week of Sept. 11. 

Public meeting to discuss Kent Park Lake improvement plan

• 7/18/2017 3:04:00 PM
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OXFORD- The Johnson County Conservation Board (JCCB) will host a public meeting at 6:30 p.m., July 25, at the Conservation Education Center at F.W. Kent Park, to discuss plans for improving water quality and recreational opportunities at Kent Park Lake, in Johnson County.

The body of a boat passenger missing since Sunday has been recovered downstream from Hamburg

• 8/24/2016 3:21:00 PM
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HAMBURG – The body of a boater who has been missing since Sunday afternoon was recovered in the Missouri River downstream from Hamburg on Wednesday.

Collection of Air Permits (CAP) Option Now Available

• 3/17/2016 9:34:00 AM
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Today the DNR is making available a new air quality construction permit option called a Collection of Air Permits (CAP).

State Forest Nursery and Reiman Gardens Team Up to Promote Butterfly and Bird Habitat

• 3/1/2016 9:29:00 AM
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DES MOINES –The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ State Forest Nursery and Reiman Gardens are teaming up to promote butterfly and songbird habitat. Customers who order a Butterfly and Bird packet before March 25 will receive two free passes to Reiman Gardens in Ames.

Alliant Energy to Sponsor Eight Operation Releaf Events

• 2/23/2016 6:41:00 AM
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DES MOINES – A popular program offering landscape quality trees at a deep discount to Alliant Energy customers will be held at eight locations across Iowa this spring. Residential tree distributions will be held in Clayton, Hancock, Hardin, Keokuk, Linn, Marion, Union, and Wapello Counties this April and May.

Revised Collection of Air Permits (CAP) Option Available for Comment

• 2/16/2016 10:30:00 AM
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The DNR is proposing to create a new air quality construction permit option called a Collection of Air Permits (CAP). Current construction permit practice is to issue one permit per emission point. The new CAP permit option will still give a permit number to each emission point but will consolidate requirements in one easy-to-use document.

Alliant Energy to Sponsor Eight Operation ReLeaf Events

• 2/16/2016 10:11:00 AM
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DES MOINES – A popular program offering landscape quality trees at a deep discount to Alliant Energy customers will be held at eight locations across Iowa this spring. Residential tree distributions will be held in Clayton, Hancock, Hardin, Keokuk, Linn, Marion, Union, and Wapello Counties this April and May.

Extension of CAP Permit Option Comment Period and Sample CAP Now Available for Review

• 1/8/2016 5:21:00 AM
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To aid stakeholders in making comments, the DNR has developed a “Sample” Collection of Air Permits (CAP) document to provide additional clarification to applicants of what to expect in the format and language of the CAP. The information presented in the sample represents the possible permitting of a group of emission points at a facility that has a limit over several surface coating operations.

New Construction Permit Option and Informational Meeting

• 12/11/2015 6:46:00 AM
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The DNR is proposing to create a new air quality construction permit option called a Collection of Air Permits (CAP). The CAP permit will allow multiple emission points and permits to be combined into one document. The CAP permit option was developed based on recommendations from our recent dual LEAN events that included both permit applicants and DNR staff.

Put Some Wonder in the Winter By Giving the December Specialty Packet from the State Forest Nursery

• 12/1/2015 6:56:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Add some special interest to your winter landscape, or maybe the yard of someone on your gift-giving list, with the Winter Wonderland specialty packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.