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Clean Water Webinar: Advocacy Ignites Action to Address Nitrate in Southeast Minnesota Groundwater

 | Webinar

In April 2023, environmental and public health groups in Minnesota asked the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use its emergency authority to address concerning nitrate levels in the groundwater…

2025 National Convention

 | In Person

In July, Ikes from across the country will gather in Green Bay, Wisconsin for the 2025 national convention. The theme of this year’s convention is Defending America’s Great Outdoors: A Promise to Future Generations.

Federal judge rules in favor of wetlands, Conservation Compliance

 | Agriculture
In a win for conservation, water quality and wildlife across the country, on May 29, a federal judge ruled in favor of wetland protections on agricultural lands. American taxpayers fund…

Responding to an Acute Pollution Event

 | Clean Water
On April 3, 2025, a tanker truck carrying gasoline and diesel fuel crashed into a bridge in Great Falls, Virginia. As a result, around 2,600 gallons of fuel spilled onto…

New York Times profiles youth-led Green Crew program created by Izaak Walton League in Minnesota

 | News
On May 20, the New York Times featured the work of the Green Crew, which is a youth-led program created by an Izaak Walton League chapter in Minnesota.  The Times…

League urges Senate to remove dangerous anti-conservation provisions for reconciliation package

 | News
To prevent irreparable damage to the nation’s natural resources, the  Izaak Walton League is calling on the U.S. Senate to take dangerous anti-conservation measures out of the budget reconciliation package.…

Meet a Monitor: Sarah Sojka and Karin Warren

 | Clean Water
Sarah and Karin are certified Virginia Save Our Streams monitors & trainers, and are professors of environmental studies at Randolph College in Lynchburg, VA. They are monitoring the effects of the recent removal of a major dam that was built nearly a century ago.

Don’t short-change future generations by selling off America’s public lands to pay for a tax package

 | News
Some Republicans in Congress have begun to float ideas about paying for a massive package of tax cuts by selling off some of America’s priceless public lands. House Natural Resources…

Protecting Outdoor America in Communities Across the Country

Over the past 100 years, the Izaak Walton League of America has been an extraordinary champion and defender of the nation’s soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Through member-driven bottom-up governance, we’re protecting outdoor America in communities across the country, while working strategically at the national level to win critical conservation battles.

Protecting Outdoor America in Communities Across the Country

Over the past 100 years, the Izaak Walton League of America has been an extraordinary champion and defender of the nation’s soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Through member-driven bottom-up governance, we’re protecting outdoor America in communities across the country, while working strategically at the national level to win critical conservation battles.

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