The crops on the Fawcett farm are looking good so far this year, with some light rainfall and a lack of pests boosting crop ...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is granted $2 million to fund landowner enrollment in the Water Bank ...

See, I was born with the “come tell me everything” gene. I don’t know if the doctor slapped me first or handed me a clipboard and said to my mama, “Ma’am, she’ll be hosting group therapy at the ...

Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most ...

With major past projects now paid off, Portage la Prairie is shifting its focus toward a more aggressive road renewal plan—doubling its typical road repair budget by redirecting federal gas tax ...

On its face, the Clean Water Act is pretty simple. It prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” into “the waters of the United States” without a permit. And the law sets substantial civil ...

A 2024 Fish and Wildlife Service rule intended to protect the Upper Midwest’s prairie potholes has now drawn a potentially far-reaching legal challenge drafted by conservative lawyers.

Following multiple rounds of arctic temperatures and one of the largest blizzards in Kansas City history, potholes are starting to appear in and around the Kansas City metro area.Several cities in ...

DES MOINES | USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking additional applications from landowners in Iowa’s prairie pothole region to implement conservation practices that ...

North Iowa is part of the Prairie Pothole Region, which extends from Des Moines to western Canada. The region, mostly prairie and wetlands — and a key source of migrating waterfowl when the ...

But like many other wetlands, the Prairie Pothole Region faces grave threats. Roughly 90% of the landscape is privately owned by ranchers, farmers and other landowners.

ATLANTA — From the Grand Canyon to the vast wilderness of Denali National Park, the United States and Canada have no shortage of awe-inspiring landscapes.