---about the Department
> of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Budget for the
> coming year.  The budget contains language specifically
> requiring the department to conduct water-quality
> evaluations, but says the results of those evaluations will
> be confidential and exempt from public access.  The
> evaluations and data generated are part of the Nutrient
> Reduction Strategy, an agreement reached between the state
> and federal Environmental Protection Agency to address high
> levels of fertilizer runoff and other pollution in the
> state’s waterways.  Under the strategy, farmers and
> landowners are encouraged to voluntarily take steps decrease
> pollution and increase the health of rivers and
> streams.  State Representative Jack Drake, R-Griswold
> and chairman of the committee drafted the legislation. 
> Angie Carter, a graduate student in sociology and
> sustainable agriculture at Iowa State University, and a
> League member issued a statement for CCI, “There is no way
> for the public to measure or share the progress of the
> Nutrient Reduction Strategy unless information from the
> water quality practices databases is accessible to
> citizens.” The
> department budget has won approval but has not yet reached
> the House floor for debate.  It may be amended on the
> floor, and after passing the Republican controlled House it
> must be considered by the Democratic-led
> Senate. We
> are encouraging all League members to make contact with
> their elected Representatives and Senators to “oppose
> water quality data being
> confidential.”   In
> League,  Bonnie Pitz, President,
> LWVIA Information based on Jason Noble
> article in the DM Register 3-28-14—“Group Opposes Water
> Data Being Confidential”
> 
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> Charles Winterwood
1555 Montrose Terrace
Dubuque,IA 52001
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