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Hello Darling

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Impairment of Lake Darling.
Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug signs the Pick-Sloan Act as tribal leader George Gillette sobs in grief.

Drunk Dad

Thursday, April 4, 2019
Hydrologic changes in the Missouri River.
A map of Iowa with public land areas bordering Iowa listed

INPL

Sunday, March 31, 2019
Sparsity of public land in Iowa
An illustration detailing the stages of stream development

The Natural

Thursday, March 28, 2019
Stream straightening and phosphorus loss.
1973 corn planter

Ransom: the Sequel

Monday, March 25, 2019
A response to the previous Ransom essay.
The great lakes are drawn on a yellow background with Lake Erie highlighted

Ransom

Monday, March 18, 2019
Who IS getting the outcomes that they want from our policies, and in particular, the old school policies targeting improved water quality?
Hogs in a confinement feeding building

Iowa’s Real Population

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Everybody knows Iowa has a lot of livestock. Managing the waste from these animals is possibly our state’s most challenging environmental problem.
Map of Iowa with landform regions drawn on in different colors

Follow the Water

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Would enhanced crop yields (and therefore removal of nitrogen in the crop) outweigh the loss of N through the tile and out to the stream?
Map of Iowa's Middle Cedar Watershed

By the Numbers

Thursday, February 28, 2019
Conservation practices needed just to account for new tile installation
A map of Iowa that includes the nitrogen rates plus nitrogen excreted by livestock per corn acre

Surplus

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Amount of excess nitrogen applied to Iowa crops.
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