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Data Centers: Impact and What You Can Do in Your Community

 | Advocacy
Data centers are emerging rapidly across the country, and decisions about where they are built often rest with local governments. City councils, county boards, and planning commissions handle zoning and…

Izaak Walton League Opposes EPA Proposal to Further Endanger Wetlands and Clean Water

 | News
On November 17, the EPA proposed regulations that would gut Clean Water Act protection for wetlands and tributary streams threatening the safety of drinking water for one in three Americans…

What’s it Worth to You? Measuring the Economic Value of Natural Areas

 | Outdoor America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor As buildings, developments and populations grow, Mother Nature is feeling the pinch. Or punch. Clean water is more scarce. Prairie and parklands get paved over. Our…

‘Seize the means of water testing!’

 | In the Press
Little Village Magazine, an independent news & culture magazine published in Iowa City, Iowa, profiled the Nitrate Watch program in their November 4, 2025 issue. The article highlights how Nitrate…

‘In the wake of a near-total fish kill, southwest Iowans wade into water testing’

 | Clean Water
In March 2024, a valve malfunction at a NEW Cooperative facility spilled roughly 1,500 tons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer into the East Nishnabotna River near Red Oak, Iowa, causing one of the state’s…

Meet a Monitor: Bryon Bodt

 | Clean Water
If you know much state trivia about Maryland, you know that Maryland is known for its blue crabs and oysters, is the home to the U.S. Naval Academy, and is…

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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