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Environmental council analysis shows Iowa nutrient reduction strategy a very slow road to nowhere

on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 05:43 by news

Big ag groups like the Iowa Farm Bureau along with Iowa Republicans like to tout the state's Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) as the path forward to reduce pollution of state streams and rivers from farm runoff.

A new Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) report issued Tuesday (July 16) paints the NRS as a very slow road to nowhere.

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