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Council Bluffs
As a branch heated up in the campfire, a liquid started dripping out of the bark. 
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Logan
There are efforts to reclaim the land used for a coal mine in Logan, Iowa. 
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Westside
When you drive by a wind farm, you may see many wind turbines spinning. It is also common to see a few wind turbines not spinning.
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Council Bluffs
When spearfishing, objects appear to bend when inserted into the water.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa flowers have many different shapes and colors.
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Center Point
"No-till" is an agricultural land management practice.
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Center Point
On a snowy day, snow has melted on sidewalks and streets but remained on grassy areas.
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Center Point
Marine fossils can be found in Iowa.
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Center Point
Two neighboring fields are shown. One is flooded while the other is not.
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Center Point
Reducing drag and gas usage of semitrailers is an important engineering design problem.
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Waterloo
Maple sap can be collected from certain trees.
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Des Moines
In 2018, Iowa enacted a clean water bill making funding available to support clean water measures.
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Maxwell
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt has unique water quality characteristics compared to other places in Iowa.
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Northeast
The Iowa DNR uses technology to tag and track northern pike.
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Jackson County
White-nose syndrome is a disease in bats that has the potential to alter the ecosystem of the caves.
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Sioux Center
A woodchip bioreactor is used for nitrate removal from agricultural runoff.
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Des Moines

The wide ranging geologic diversity across Iowa is shown.

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Maxwell
Several habitats support a wide variety of plant and animal life at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt.

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