Tag Archives: #waterquality

Chris Jones Remarks At #VoteEarly Event In Iowa City

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Trish Nelson

“Make sure you vote. Clean water is on the ballot.”  – Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Saturday, October 17, 2026, Iowa City, Iowa   Signs at the event. Early voting has started in Iowa!  Find your … Continue reading →

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Iowa Ag Secretary Candidates Chris Jones and Mike Naig On Iowa Press

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Trish Nelson

Video first, followed by the transcript.  Link to the episode at Iowa Press here If you don’t have time to watch this episode of Iowa Press or read the transcript right now, if you take a second and scroll down … Continue reading →

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The Word Is Getting Out About CAFOs In Iowa

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Trish Nelson

This article originally appeared in Sentient  We Asked 1,000 Iowans About Factory Farming. Here’s What We Learned. The professor of political science remembers the neighbors emptying the waste from thousands of birds onto fields. She and her brother would break … Continue reading →

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Virtual Town Hall With Chris Jones and Sarah Vogel Tonight

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Trish Nelson

From the Chris Jones for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Campaign: We’d like to invite you to a special Virtual Town Hall with Chris Jones Wednesday, September 16 at 7:30 pm Central. Join us for a powerful online conversation between Sarah … Continue reading →

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Contact Your Legislator Before It’s Too Late To Fight For Clean Water

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Trish Nelson

From our inbox:  Here is a water monitor action alert from Iowa Environmental Council: IEC: Thank you to everyone who continues to call and email your legislators about water monitoring. Keep it up! If you’ve already sent an email or … Continue reading →

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Save The Iowa Nitrate Water Sensor Network

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Trish Nelson

Action Alert from Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture (IARA) Water Quality Sensor Pre-Call In Lobby Day Briefing Mar 30, 2026 07:00 PM in Organized by the Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture (IARA) With presentations by: John Norris Former Polk County … Continue reading →

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On The Frontlines Fighting Corporate Agriculture

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Trish Nelson

Check out this recording of a live March 7 event with Chris Jones at the Iowa City Public Library. It is tragic how Iowa’s natural environment – native prairie, rivers, lakes and streams – have been so terribly degraded. Chris … Continue reading →

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Enough Groundwater?

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Paul Deaton

Will the Silurian Aquifer have enough water to support the population that draws from it? Answers to that question are a bit sketchy due to infrequent research into groundwater projections. A 2011 study published by the Iowa Department of Natural … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press: Iowa’s Worsening Water Quality and Supply

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Thank you Iowa Press for not inviting someone on this program to represent the “other side” who would only have disrupted and polluted the dialogue with partisan talking points and mistruths. It was nice to be able to just listen … Continue reading →

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