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The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live.

DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws.

The Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will have their monthly business meeting May 21.

Drownings affect a wide swath of outdoor users. As hotter summers push more Iowans toward water, drownings can increase. Many of these deaths are preventable.

The air monitoring network plan will assist the Iowa DNR in its efforts to monitor the quality of Iowa’s air and to keep the public aware of air quality problem

Test results from water samples collected from Lizard Creek indicate that the creek no longer shows any byproducts from the spill that occurred on April 14.