The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since the ...
Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (pictured) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR) The Iowa ...
Iowa officials are continuing a massive mine reclamation project in the central part of the state, hoping to turn around decades of environmental degradation. The Pella Wildlife Area is a 277-acre ...
Environmental groups oppose a draft permit from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the Ottumwa Generating Station. (Photo via Google Maps) Several environmental groups are urging the Iowa ...
Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (above) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. It is the largest reclamation area the department ...