Pella is the largest abandoned mine land reclamation project the agriculture department has undertaken. It was announced Oct. 2 along with six other projects, all in southeast Iowa, where most of ...

A wet summer has erased almost all of the drought conditions in Iowa. The new U.S. Drought Monitor report shows just where ...

Coal mining in Iowa declined in the 1920s and most mines closed in the 1950s. Reclamation of the abandoned areas began in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

There are 12 abandoned mine sites in Iowa under construction right now. Funding for the projects comes from the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement.

Iowa has paused reclamation of abandoned coal mines until state officials confirm whether federal project grants will be maintained. Why it matters: Roughly 150 sites await reclamation, many with ...

In 1905, the Banner Placer Mining Company, which then owned 500 acres on Iowa Hill, made vast changes to Iowa Gulch. Workers completed a 15-acre reservoir system to store water for the giants.

"I don't have enough knowledge about it. It hasn't affected me." This nondescript facility is one of the first — if not the first — large-scale cryptocurrency mining site in Iowa.

While frac sand mining is essentially on hold in northeast Iowa - one company, Pattison Sand Co. of Clayton, operates in Clayton County - it's being done on a large scale just across the borders ...

Iowa cities, counties, schools and state government are, by law, supposed to buy coal that’s mined or produced in Iowa, but there is none. The last surface mine closed in the state in 1994.

Iowa has more than 13,000 acres of abandoned mine land. The department has reclaimed 120 sites and currently has more than 30 sites in the planning or construction phase.