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Iowa weighs expanding protected streams amid farmer opposition
State environmental officials seek to more than double Iowa’s protected stream and river segments from 115 to about 246, despite resistance from rural landowners like Graettinger farmer Donald Lammers. Supporters say protection preserves wildlife and helps control flooding while critics label it a power grab reducing private property rights.
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DES Moines
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State Environmental Protection Commission
Graettinger
Donald Lammers
EPC
Lammers
Jon Stravers
Pella
Midwest Raptor Research Fund
Harold Brown
Indianola
Stravers