When it comes to conservation, North Central Junior High in North Liberty, IA, blazes its own trail.
When the Water Rocks! team visited North Liberty’s seventh grade science department, we realized something exceptional was going on. Our first...
The Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C., is announcing the recipients of the prestigious National Wetland Awards. For 26 years, individuals from across the country have been recognized for their exceptional and innovative contributions...
The Water Rocks! Summit is a professional development workshop focused on water, soil, biodiversity, agriculture, environmental science, STEM, and the arts. Each Summit includes a mix of knowledge-building along with numerous hands-on...
Check out our new What's in Your Water? video series! If raindrops were rubber ducks, it would be a whole lot easier to see what's in your water...
Water quality at Big Creek Lake State Park has gone to the dogs… to a five-year old black Labrador Retriever named Limit, in particular. Limit and his owner, Jon Zunkel, visit the lake near Polk City every day year-round to patrol the geese on the...
Since the launch of MTV in 1981 and Michael Jackson’s epic Thriller video in 1983, music videos have been an integral part of mainstream pop culture. And with the popularity of YouTube and social media sites today, music videos continue to be...
What do you get when you cross a bathtub with biology students? You get the Skunk River Navy.
“Admiral” Jim Colbert began this service project in 1998. What grew out of a need for a learning community activity at Iowa State University (ISU)...
When artist Laura Comito of Carroll, Iowa, creates images they are usually in sizes suitable for framing. Recently she was challenged to create artwork for a 12-foot trailer. Laura created four compositions to cover the exterior of one of the...
Did you know that thousands of volunteers have been monitoring water quality in Iowa for many years? With IOWATER, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources program, this effort has been unified as a coordinated statewide effort.
“Spend time outside and check out a local stream. Take a net and explore what is in there,” Becca Meerdink, a senior in environmental science at Iowa State University, advises young people. “You would be surprised...
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