A group of about 40 people gathered at Big City Burgers and Greens in downtown Des Moines on April 3 to learn about headwater streams, watersheds and individual, neighborhood or larger scale actions to protect and enhance stream conditions. Iowa State University Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) specialists and faculty used a panel discussion to talk about physical, chemical and biological conditions of urban streams and the implications of daily actions by individuals with respect to stream health and sustainability.

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