
Olivia Cohen
Environmental and Energy Reporter at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Environmental and Energy Reporter at Report For America
Enviro and Energy reporter for @report4america & @gazettedotcom + @agwaterdesk | Bad at Twitter
Articles
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The toxic plant that killed Socrates thousands of years ago is becoming more prevalent in Iowa. Poison hemlock is an invasive biennial plant that has tall, smooth stems with fern-like leaves and clustered small white flowers that can grow anywhere .
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Tim Meyer’s interest in the outdoors goes back decades, beginning with hunting. In 1987, he bought 115 acres of land in Davis County in southern Iowa. It was on that land that his love of the outdoors — and his interest in developing a healthy forest — grew. Today, that property has grown to 384 acres, which includes 320 acres of forest.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Public service work has been in Mary Seely’s “heart and soul” for decades. Before May, when she started as the new executive director of the Freedom Foundation — an organization dedicated to helping veterans in Iowa — the Eastern Iowa native started her career as the marketing coordinator for the Hy-Vee Corporation.
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2 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Summer is a popular time for fishing trips across Iowa, but how can anglers be sure they’ll catch fish? And how does the state maintain a fish population that allows for fishing? Those questions can be answered by Iowa’s fish hatcheries, which fertilize, rear and stock fish species across the state each year. What role do fish hatcheries play in Iowa, and how do they work?
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3 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The founders of a new seed library in Linn County hope the free resource will engage beginning gardeners, including those who live in urban areas, to grow their own food as well as community connections. Garnet Stanger, the master gardener coordinator and volunteer manager for ISU Extension & Outreach in Linn County, helped spearhead the seed library.
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