Funding boost speeds rehab of Iowa's old coal mines
Iowa faces over 300 abandoned coal mine sites spanning 13 000 acres with four decades of cleanup ahead The recent federal funding boost accelerates the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project begun in 1983 The program funded by Interior and coal company fees has reclaimed 120 sites and aims to improve water quality and soil health across the state.
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ES Moines
Iowa
U.S. Department of the Interior
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1 300 graves at Glenwood cemeter y remains after facility closure
About 1 300 remains lie in a field at the Glenwood Resource Center in southwest Iowa where residents with intellectual disabilities were once housed. The cemetery, dating to the 1800s, sits near brick campus buildings with a weathered cross marking the site.
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Glenwood
State Institution
Iowa
Glenwood Resource Center
Brady Werger
Efforts To Protect Blanding S Turtles On Iowa Highway 100
Biologists and environmental advocates, led by Terry VanDeWalle of Stantec, built barriers a pond and underpasses along the Linn County stretch of Highway 100 to reduce Blanding's turtle deaths. The project opened sections in December 2016 and 2018, while Midwest and Northeast turtle populations overall declined, prompting possible stronger protections.
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Linn County
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Stantec Consulting Services
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Iowa Department of Transportation
VanDeWalle
Edgewood
Covington Roads
Jim Schnoebelen
Iowa Dot
Covington Road
Highway 30
Stantec
Independence
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
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