Drought situation improves in most of the state - Radio Iowa

Drought situation improves in most of the state - Radio Iowa

The most recent rains do not figure into the U.S. Drought Monitor report this week, which shows nearly 47% of Iowa was drought-free. The Iowa DNR’s Jessica Reese-McIntyre says things have been heading in the right direction. “When you compare it to a year ago in like mid-May of last year, we are sitting a […]

Iowa trending in the right direction in getting rid of drought

(Radio Iowa) – The most recent rains do not figure into the U-S Drought Monitor report this week, which shows nearly 47 percent of Iowa was drought-free. The Iowa D-N-R’s Jessica Reese-McIntyre says things have been heading in the right direction. “When you compare it to a year ago in like mid-May of last year, we are sitting a little bit better statewide,” she says. Reese-McIntyre says this weeks rains will help build up groundwater as we enter…