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‘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…

Small Game: Big Opportunity for Recruiting New Hunters

 | News
My office at League headquarters is awash in taxidermy. There’s a whole little flock of ducks and geese shot in the teeth of a cold north wind, a handful of…

Volunteers Navigate a Bureaucratic Maze to Stop Dangerous Pollution

 | Clean Water
Karen Daponte Thornton, Little Falls Watershed Alliance In late December 2024, the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proclaimed big news on Facebook: “Huge shoutout to the DEP…

“The Young IKE” Podcast Turns Listeners into Participants

 | News
Griffith Pugh, founder of The Young Ike, is a student at Haverford College, a founding member of the Green Crew at the League’s Minnesota Valley Chapter and member of the…

265,000 Gallons of Fertilizer Grows New Grassroots Organization: The Nishnabotna Water Defenders

 | Nitrate Watch
What do you do when a fertilizer spill ravages your local stream, killing hundreds of thousands of fish across two states? For a group of clean water advocates in Southwest…

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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