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    League Leader Joe Penfold Bridged Differences to Win Historic Conservation Victories

    During his time with the Izaak Walton League, conservation legend Joe Penfold created several of America's most important environmental programs, saved priceless natural areas, and changed the national conversation about public lands.

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    The Health Impacts of Climate Change

    Climate change is bringing dangerous extreme weather, contributing to asthma attacks, and promoting the spread of diseases. Learn how global warming is harming our health – and especially the health of our children.

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    Thinking Like a Mountain: Why White Oaks Are in Decline (And How You Can Help)

    The white oak (Quercus alba), one of America’s great hardwood trees, is in serious decline from a variety of causes. There's no single or simple solution to the problem, but everyone can help.

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    Ikes in Action: A Successful Trap League in Lincoln, Nebraska

    The Lincoln Chapter was able to continue a long tradition of trap shooting by proactively adjusting for COVID-19.

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    Ikes in Action: Urban Stream Cleanup in Iowa, a Quarter Mile at a Time

    McLoud Run in Cedar Rapids is Iowa's only urban trout stream – but hardly the only urban stream that could use some love and attention. The Linn County Chapter is doing its part.

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    Ikes in Action: Controlling Those Troublesome Invasives

    Invasive plants are a huge problem nationwide. The Dwight Lydell Chapter is tackling the problem in its own community.

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    General News: Izaak Walton League Chapters' Successful National Shooting Sports Month Events

    Notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, several League chapters across America managed to introduce members of the public to recreational shooting sports as part of National Shooting Sports Month.

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    Policy Pulse: 2020 Wins and Our Policy Priorities for 2021

    As the calendar rolled into 2021, the League was already working to implement common-sense solutions for our top conservation issues. Here is a summary of the major issues you can expect the League to engage Congress and the Biden Administration on.

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    Insider Info: Snowflake Science

    Learn how snowflakes form and how much water they create when they melt.

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    Clean Water Corner: Winter Salt Watch: Vital Citizen Science Needed Now

    2020 was a breakout year for Winter Salt Watch.

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    Thinking Like a Mountain: Can We Get It Right with America's Forests?

    Sustainable ecosystem management balances multiple goals for long-term health of forests.

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    The Cancer Risk of Nitrate Pollution

    The League promotes healthy soil practices, agricultural buffers and water-filtering wetlands to improve water safety.

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    Soil Matters: Midwest Soil Strategies Offer Models for the Nation

    State and local policymakers are taking a growing interest in healthy soil, and with good reason.

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    General News: Look What You've Done! Progress During a Difficult Year

    Thanks to the Izaak Walton League’s more than 40,000 members, we achieved important successes in 2020 – from major legislative victories, to effective on-the-ground action for clean water, to crucial alliances and new members.

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    Protecting Our Wildest Refuge

    Home to caribou, polar bears and migrating birds from all 50 states, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces destruction from drilling.

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    Elk Thrive in the Eastern U.S.

    Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, among other states, have made elk feel welcome again.

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    Suburban Resiliency in the COVID-19 Era

    A few examples of what people can do to become a little more self-reliant during uncertain times.

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    It's Heating Up

    How stream temperatures are increasing and what that could mean for the future.

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    Straight Talk on Climate Change Part 3: IWLA's Conservation Policies Drive Solutions

    The third in a series of short articles about various aspects of climate change.

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    Insider Info: Why Birds Migrate

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    Insider Info: How Birds Navigate

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    Clean Water Corner: Seeing Hidden Threats and How You Can Help

    Why it's hard for people to mobilize around water pollution, and tips to draw in those who don’t necessarily understand the endangerment that they can’t see.

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    Soil Matters: Could New Congress Yield Action on Soil Health and Climate Change?

    Legislators are reaching bipartisan consensus that American agriculture can and must find ways to address climate change and reduce its carbon footprint.

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    Policy Pulse: House Passes Critical Funding for Wildlife Conservation

    The Recovering America's Wildlife Act ensures a modern solution to how we finance fish and wildlife conservation.

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    Policy Pulse: Great American Outdoors Act Signed into Law

    The Great American Outdoors Act, which will fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), has finally become law... and as Ikes, we have a special connection to this important victory.

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    General News: Analyzing Community Science Data For Long-Term Trends

    While in-person Save Our Streams training events were on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, Clean Water staff spent their time analyzing the results gathered from all of the League's community science projects.

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    Ikes in Action: Chapter Celebrates National Shooting Sports Month as Tribute to Ernie Meier

    Shooting sports continue to attract newcomers to a Virginia chapter's historic property.

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    Ikes in Action: Recognition of Conservation Practices by Property Owners Creates Future Environmental Benefits

    A longstanding program from our South Dakota Division is helping to create a better environment for us, our children and future generations.

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    Ikes in Action: Junior Pistol Program Thrives in Northern Virginia

    The Izaak Walton League is helping young athletes excel in the shooting sports.

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    Ikes in Action: WHIRL Engages Students And Creates Future Conservationists

    Our Central New York Chapter is partnering with other groups to get high school students excited about natural resource conservation.

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    Ikes in Action: An Opportunity to Become More Involved

    The Florida Division's annual meeting gives Ikes and allies opportunities to connect with like-minded conservationists.

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    Ikes in Action: Students Learn about the League

    A League booth at the Sioux Empire Water Festival provided educational experiences for over a thousand students.

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    General News: Officer Reports

    At the annual national convention, League officers provide reports to attendees about issues ranging from finances and membership to long-term strategic planning. When the coronavirus pandemic forced the League to cancel the 2020 convention, leaders committed to sharing their perspectives with members using other means, including "Outdoor America."

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    Policy Pulse: Senate Passes Bill Fully Funding Land and Water Conservation Fund

    The Senate has passed groundbreaking legislation to conserve our public lands.

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    Policy Pulse: Legislation Protecting Tributary Streams and Wetlands Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

    The Clean Water for All Act would undo recent attacks on clean water in America.

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    Soil Matters: IWLA's Work on USDA Rules Is Making a Difference

    Rules related to the Conservation Reserve Program, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, and State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement Program make a big difference for soil health.

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    Clean Water Corner: Defining (and Redefining) Success with Save Our Streams

    As threats to clean water change and evolve, today "success" means more than finding and stopping big pollution problems.

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    General News: 2020 IWLA National Conservation Scholarships

    The Izaak Walton League awards two $2,500 national scholarships each year to complement scholarships offered by League chapters and divisions. Learn about this year's winners.

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    Insider Info: Medicine or Poison

    Know which flowers can heal versus hurt you.

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    Insider Info: Pollination

    How plants use pollen to reproduce.

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    Straight Talk on Climate Change Part 2: Impacts on People

    The second in a series of short articles about various aspects of climate change.

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    Thinking Like a Mountain: How Conservation Easements Protect Our Clean Water

    Conservation easements can help protect land... which also helps protect water.

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    Algal Blooms: The Causes, Dangers and Some Solutions

    Algal blooms have serious, even deadly, consequences. The League is working to scale up solutions.

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    Amplifying Volunteer Voices with the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative

    A regional approach to water quality monitoring leverages volunteers and League experience.

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    Soil Matters: The Accidental Conservationist: A Profile from Osage, Iowa

    Cover crops, no-till and strip-till farming are helping Wayne Fredericks save money on equipment, time and fuel while keeping his yield competitive.

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    Policy Pulse: Bill to Permanently Fund Land and Water Conservation Fund Introduced in U.S. Senate

    We are close to a critical victory – and you can help push us over the finish line.

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    Ikes in Action: Upper Mississippi River Initiative: A Bottom-up Approach to Healthier Waterways

    League chapters and partners are working to tackle pollution problems on the Upper Mississippi River.

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    Ikes in Action: Farmers and Conservationists Lunch and Learn Together

    When farmers don't own the land they farm, it can be difficult for them to implement conservation practices. The Izaak Walton League is working to change that dynamic.

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    Ikes in Action: Rapid City Creek Freaks

    Partnering with local community groups paid off for the Rapid City Chapter.

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    General News: Tackling Water Pollution with Chemical Monitoring!

    Chemical monitoring is a safe. easy way to check the health of your local streams while social distancing.

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    General News: 2019 IWLA National Conservation Scholarships

    Meet the students who received our scholarship awards for the 2019-2020 school year.

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    Policy Pulse: President Proposes Severe Cuts to Conservation and Environmental Protection Budgets

    The Trump Administration's newest budget request to Congress proposes deep and counterproductive cuts in conservation, environmental protection, and public land management.

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    Soil Matters: Ikes Take Action to Restore Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi

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    Clean Water Corner: Social Distancing Amid COVID-19 Does Not Mean the End of Clean Water Activities

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    Thinking Like a Mountain: Hunting for Hunters at Public Libraries

    Educational presentations at public libraries can be entry points for potential hunters who aren't from traditional hunting backgrounds – and Ikes are in a great position to lead those presentations.

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    Straight Talk on Climate Change Part 1: The Basic Facts

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    Road Salt: Way Too Much of a Good Thing

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    How Fish React to Changing Water Conditions

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    What's Your Hunting Personality?

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    Make Your Story Pop

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    Ikes in Action: Science "NERDS" Earn State Ike Award

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    Policy Pulse: House Advances Protections for Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay

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    Policy Pulse: EPA Finalizes Repeal of Clean Water Rule

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    Ikes in Action: Hunting and Fishing Day Brings Community – and Chapter – Together

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    Ikes in Action: Youth Programming Brings Families to Virginia Chapter

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    Ikes in Action: A Family Focus in West Virginia

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    Ikes in Action: Outdoor Fun Starts by Unplugging

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    Ikes in Action: Brown County Chapter Connects Youth With Nature (Your Endowment in Action)

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    Thinking Like a Mountain: Share Your Knowledge

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    General News: Find Fall Water Quality Monitoring Results

    The League is training the water monitors of the future... and recovering data from monitors of the past.

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    Policy Pulse: Congress Has Important Work Yet To Do

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    Clean Water Corner: A Good Story

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    Soil Matters: Wetlands and Healthy Soil Are Keys to Reducing Flooding

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    Soil Matters: Sustainability and Whiskey: Never Too Much of a Good Thing

    Sustainable practices make better whiskey – and a stronger community.

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    Ikes in Action: Young Ikes Program Takes Flight in Ohio

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    Ikes in Action: Virginia Chapter Supports Youth Conservation Leaders

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    Policy Pulse: Congress Is Investing in Conservation

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    General News: Help Us Save Clean Water

    The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a change to the Clean Water Act that would threaten the health of small streams and put many community waters at risk. You can help protect water quality.

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    General News: New (and Some Familiar) Faces at the League

    The League welcomed new staff to our Clean Water Program and Communications Department this year – and recently announced the promotion of a staffer you already know!

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    Policy Pulse: Senate Bill Would Permanently Fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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    Policy Pulse: Recovering America's Wildlife Act Introduced in the House

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    Insider Info: Blending In

    Why certain animals change color and what triggers it.

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    Insider Info: Red Alert

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    Soil Matters: Spotlight on Conservation Partners: When Business and the Outdoors Come Together

    Darren Siefken knows that keeping Iowa's waters clean is just good business.

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    Soil Matters: Farm Conservation: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

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    Communities and Farmers Are Looking for Soil Solutions

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    Clean Water Corner: Increasing Our Capacity for Save Our Streams

    More staff, and more volunteer trainers, are enabling the League to support stream monitors and engage new people in our work.

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    The Clean Water Hub: A One-Stop Shop for Water Quality Information

    For the first time, volunteers across America can share their stream monitoring results with local and state agencies, the media – and YOU!

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    2019 National Convention

    Soil, water, and the future of conservation came together in Des Moines this summer at the Izaak Walton League's 2019 national convention. It's the one time each year that Ikes from across the country gather to learn from our speakers – and one another.

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    Policy Pulse: Trump Administration Proposes Deep Cuts to Conservation

    In March, the Trump Administration submitted its detailed budget request for Fiscal Year 2020 to Congress. The administration’s proposed budget jeopardizes public health and the $887 billion annual outdoor recreation economy.

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    Policy Pulse: Ikes Oppose Effort To Reduce Protections for Streams and Wetlands

    Despite EPA’s attempt to short circuit opposition through a very short comment period, the League refused to be silenced and worked diligently to make our voice — and the voices of our members — heard.

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    General News: Salt Watch Participation Grows In Year Two

    Participation in the League’s Winter Salt Watch campaign, which helps people measure chloride levels in local streams, outpaced our inaugural campaign last winter. The findings confirm an ongoing problem: about 20 percent of samples showed chloride concentrations higher than the maximum safety standard (230 ppm) set by the Environmental Protection Agency for aquatic life.

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    General News: August Is National Shooting Sports Month

    The League is proud to work with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to promote target shooting throughout the month of August. This is a great opportunity for League chapters to host events to introduce the public to shooting sports.

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    Letter to the Editor: Burning Questions About Fire Safety

    I appreciated the article “Mentoring Youth Hunters Outside Your Own Family” in Outdoor America 2019 Issue 1. I did notice, however, a potentially dangerous depiction of a campfire.

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    Stream Teams: How stream monitors wade into watershed health

    Stream monitors come from a variety of backgrounds and have many reasons for their interest in water quality. Meet four of our certified Save Our Streams monitors.

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    Izaak Walton League Policy Priorities

    Together, we're working on national policy that affects your conservation and outdoor recreation interests.

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    Insider Info: Here's Looking at You!

    What wildlife and fish really see.

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    Clean Water Corner: Springing Into Action to Save Our Streams

    Ready – set – share your data!

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