UI Museum Upgrades Preserve Birds Collection At Iowa City
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History seeks a $366 540 NSF grant to upgrade the ornithology collection founded in 1858. Upgrades will move 13 880 bird and 17 220 egg and nest specimens into climate controlled space, with geo referencing and digital photography to boost research access.
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Natural History Museum
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Macbride Hall
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National Science Fund
Feenstra seeks bottle bill revival in next Iowa session
GOP lawmaker aims to revive the bottle bill with HF 575 and Senate Study Bill 1186. The proposed plan would replace the 5-cent deposit with funding mechanisms including a $60 million recycling fund and a small beverage sales tax to support litter reduction programs. Supporters cite improved recycling while critics warn higher costs for cities and taxpayers.
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Environmental Protection Committee
Ross Paustian
R-Walcott
Keep
Iowa
River Levels Rise and Fall Across Eastern Iowa
Current gauging shows the Iowa River at Marshalltown 13.74 rising and Belle Plaine 10.77 rising while Marengo 10.64 rising and Iowa City 11.35 falling. Lone Tree 6.91 falling and Columbus Jet 12.94 falling. Wapello 14.83 falling and Independence 8.01 rising with Anamosa 10.53 rising on the Wapsipinicon River.
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Decorah
Ames
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Manchester
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Monticello
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Tama
Ottumwa
Washington
Sioux City
Weekend Heat and Dry Fourth of July Weather
A pleasant Sunday forecast with highs in the 80s and mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. A slight chance of storms moves in late Sunday evening, with rain and storms increasing Monday, the best chance of wet weather. The southern half of the viewing area sees the highest rain chances later Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Weather summary and codes for major U.S. cities
A list of daily high and low temperatures across cities including Atlanta Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Raleigh/Durham St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls Tampa Washington with texture codes for sun partly cloudy cloudy showers thunderstorms rain snow and flurries.
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