agriculture

Hirst decision protects salmon and water rights for farmers, tribes

Water rights across Washington is an extremely complex area of law, and it affects all of us. So what is…

6 years ago

Simple River-Cleaning Tactics That Big Farms Ignore

Iowa is the largest corn producer in the U.S.—and the second largest producer of nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River…

6 years ago

Don’t be silent about the EPA Clean Water rollback

What happens when you can't trust water from the tap? photo: Shutterstock In the United States, we have developed public…

6 years ago

Water quality deal lacks allure in swath of Iowa

Photo: Jack Boyer of Reinbeck refills his air seeder Nov. 10 before spreading for cover crops on his farm in…

6 years ago

A look at farm runoff and the worsening algae plague

Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Chemicals and…

6 years ago