$300,000. That’s all the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Committee proposed allocating for funding the state’s real-time water monitoring network. The Senate committee allocated $Nothing.

TAKE ACTION HERE! Iowa ranks #2 in the U.S. for cancer and is one of two states where cancer cases are rising. Iowa also has some of the nation’s highest concentration of nitrates in our water. Drinking water laden with high nitrate levels is linked to several cancers. We need to know what’s in our water.  This is a matter of public health.    Recent scientific studies  have found that increased nitrate levels in drinking water are directly linked to colorectal, thyroid, ovar

Please send a comment to Representatives Zach Nunn and Randy Feenstra and tell them to strip harmful pesticide immunity language out of the Farm Bill.

Water quality, CAFO regulations, water monitoring restoration, and pesticide immunity legislation are all expected to come before the 2026 Iowa state legislature. Several federal bills on pesticide immunity and the EATS Act continue to be of concern.