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The Jordan Aquifer is the largest source of groundwater, extending from northeast Iowa to south central Iowa, and is the source of much of Iowa's agricultural and industrial water. Besides pollution, the aquifer is threatened by overuse in well-source irrigation, ethanol production, and decreased replenishment caused by extensive field tilling.
The refuge was established in 1989 to help the recovery of two federally listed species: the endangered Iowa Pleistocene Snail and threatened plant Northern Wild Monkshood. Although the refuge was established to protect the snail and flower, an entire rare community of plants and animals is preserved on these sites.
Commemorates the site of a fort built to protect the Iowa border during the Dakota War of 1862. Geode State Park: Henry County: Danville: 1,641 664: Skunk River, Lake Geode: Features a 187-acre (76 ha) recreational reservoir and a display of geodes, the Iowa state rock. George Wyth Memorial State Park: Black Hawk County: Waterloo: 1,200 490: 1940
There are more than 4,400 campsites across Iowa's state parks, recreation areas and forests, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Last year Iowa campsites saw more than 864,000 ...
The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
In 1956, it was renamed George Wyth Memorial State Park after a well-known Cedar Falls businessman and conservationist. The park is located near Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Its large expanse of woodland is abundant with many varieties of wildlife. Bird-watchers have observed more than 200 different species and white-tailed deer can be seen year ...
North America is considered a hotspot for many invasive species of grasses, which threatens all of the endangered native grass species and potentially threatens other grass species. Conservation tactics and management policies can help prevent invasive species from taking over and driving native North American plants to extinction.
Walnut Woods State Park is a state park in Polk County, Iowa, United States, located in suburban West Des Moines. Within the Des Moines metropolitan area , the park preserves a bottomland hardwood forest featuring the largest natural stand of black walnut trees in North America. [ 2 ]