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2025 P2 Intern Project requests now open

• 11/21/2024 1:53:00 PM
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Project requests are currently being accepted from companies interested in participating in the Iowa DNR’s 2025 Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program.

Iowa companies experience impressive economic and environmental outcomes through partnership with DNR P2 program

• 9/12/2024 11:26:00 AM
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Iowa companies have saved more than 120.2 million dollars since 2001 as a result of implementing environmental improvements recommended by interns with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Pollution Prevention Intern Program.

Iowa companies partner with DNR P2 intern program to enhance environmental performance

• 3/22/2024 5:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Ten Iowa businesses have teamed with DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program this summer to increase the efficiency of their operations and reduce associated costs. 

Iowa companies achieve economic and environmental results through DNR P2 program

• 9/14/2023 4:11:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Iowa companies have saved more than 116.6 million dollars since 2001 as a result of implementing environmental improvements recommended by interns with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Pollution Prevention Intern Program.

Several Iowa companies team with Pollution Prevention Interns, save resources and enhance environmental performance

• 6/8/2023 3:10:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Ten Iowa businesses have teamed with the Iowa DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program this summer to increase the efficiency of their operations and reduce associated costs.

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns international skeet and international bunker trap champions

• 5/23/2023 1:34:00 PM
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The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap on May 20-21.

Iowa companies team with Pollution Prevention Intern Program, saving resources and enhancing environmental performance

• 6/16/2022 11:22:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Eight Iowa businesses have teamed with the Iowa DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program this summer to increase the efficiency of their operations and reduce associated costs. 

Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns International Skeet and International Bunker Trap champions

• 5/24/2022 3:41:00 PM
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The Scholastic Clay Target Program held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap the past two weekends. These events are the same as what are competed in at the Olympics.

DNR Pollution Prevention Intern Program identifies up to $1.5 million in environmental savings for Iowa companies

• 9/30/2021 2:16:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Seven Iowa companies now have the potential to save more than $1.5 million as a result of working with the Iowa DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program to bolster profits and meet environmental targets. 

Iowa companies team with Pollution Prevention intern program to boost profits, improve environmental performance

• 3/18/2021 12:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Seven businesses will team with DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program this summer to increase efficiency of a system or process and reduce associated operating costs.

Iowa companies achieve economic and environmental results

• 12/10/2020 11:58:00 AM
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DES MOINES — Project requests are currently being accepted from companies interested in participating in the 2021 Pollution Prevention Intern Program which will run from June 1 to Aug. 13, 2021.

DNR assists as city of Fairfield stops wastewater release

• 12/8/2020 7:04:00 PM
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FAIRFIELD - Tuesday morning, the DNR assisted the city of Fairfield with an ongoing wastewater overflow east of the Maharishi International University Recreation Center.

DNR's launches new learn to hunt Iowa online video series

• 10/20/2020 12:57:00 PM
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Over the past year, the Iowa DNR has partnered with Iowa Safari Club International and several other organizations to create a free, online video series that provides new hunters or existing hunters wanting to try something new, the information, skills, and resources needed to get out in the hunting field!

Iowa DNR concludes investigation into Court Ave incident

• 10/10/2019 1:52:00 PM
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The Iowa DNR has concluded an internal investigation into the incident on September 20th involving two DNR Conservation Officers, determining no violation of current DNR policies. Due to concerns raised during the investigation, the Iowa DNR plans to review our policies to ensure they fully reflect the expectations of conservation officers.

Iowa companies achieve economic and environmental results through innovative DNR program

• 9/19/2019 3:28:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Interns helped divert almost 21 tons of hazardous waste from the landfill and saved more than 13 million of gallons of water, a result of their environmental improvement recommendations for Iowa companies this summer.

Help a Bat: Build a Bat House!

• 10/31/2018 1:13:00 PM
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Bats are a great addition to any backyard - not only are their nightly aerial acrobatics fun to watch during the summer, they are also an excellent source of pest control and will kill loads of those pesky mosquitoes!

P2 interns reduce environmental impact of 11 Iowa companies

• 10/4/2018 12:08:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Iowa students with the DNR’s 2018 Pollution Prevention Intern Program have recommended process and system improvements that could save Iowa companies more than $4 million annually.

Iowa companies team with Pollution Prevention Intern Program to boost profits, improve environmental performance

• 2/22/2018 11:33:00 AM
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Eleven businesses will participate in DNR’s 2018 Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program. Upper-level college and university students work on-site at Iowa companies for 12- or 24-week paid internships to research solutions and implement pollution prevention strategies that will increase efficiency, reduce costs and help meet companies’ environmental goals. 

Iowa companies team with Pollution Prevention Intern Program to boost profits, improve environmental performance

• 4/27/2017 12:54:00 PM
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DES MOINES – Eleven businesses will participate in DNR’s 2017 Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program. Upper-level college and university students work on-site at Iowa companies for 12- or 24-week paid internships to research solutions and implement pollution prevention strategies that will increase efficiency, reduce costs and help meet companies’ environmental goals.

$1.6 million saved by Iowa companies through Pollution Prevention Intern Program

• 11/3/2016 2:15:00 PM
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DES MOINES — Iowa companies have saved more than $1.6 million dollars in the last year thanks to waste-reducing projects completed by 16 interns from the DNR’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program. Six of these 16 projects represent the final results of 24-week projects completed at the end of 2015. 

Iowa Companies Team with Pollution Prevention Intern Program to Boost Profits, Improve Environmental Performance

• 5/12/2016 12:44:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR has selected 10 organizations to participate in its 2016 Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern Program. Upper-level college and university students work on-site at Iowa companies for 12- or 24-week paid internships to research solutions and implement pollution prevention strategies that will increase efficiency, reduce costs and help meet companies’  environmental goals.