Ioway Creek Watershed Management Authority
Our mission at Prairie Rivers of Iowa is to promote economic development through the restoration and conservation of Iowa’s cultural and natural resources. Advocate: We support ecological and natural resource…
Read More2021 | Vermillion-Illinois Watersheds
Farmers, The Wetlands Initiative, NRCS, USFWS, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Illinois Corn Growers, University of Illinois, McKnight Foundation and others are advancing use of small tile-treatment wetlands on row-crop farms.
Read MoreAt Indian Creek, collaboration shifts local norms
Community outreach led by a farmer-driven steering committee in Indian Creek watershed transformed nutrient use and helped bring 50% of basin farmland into conservation practice.
Read MoreNo-tillers take the lead for water quality
Wisconsin no-tillers John Eron and Matt Hintz didn’t wait for regulations telling them how to farm. They started farmer-led watershed groups to deal directly with local environmental issues and the groups that raised them, not as adversaries, but as advocates.
Read MoreBoots on the Ground | Farmers for Tomorrow
Matt Hintz and his family do not drink their own water. “As a farmer,” he says, “I want to change that.” He and neighbors focus on soil health to achieve the goal.
Read MoreNeighbor to Neighbor | Women for the Land + Learning Circles for Women Nonoperating Landowners
Becky Taylor leads learning circles for women landowners, and tells how they work and impact land. Gabrielle McNally, Women for the Land program director, is expanding learning circles nationwide.
Read MoreBoots on the Ground | Polk County Iowa SWCD
In Polk County, a general contractor/bid approach is scaling up conservation faster, at lower cost, in a way landowners appreciate. Learn how partners shaped a new system.
Read MoreNeighbor to Neighbor | Farmers of Mill Creek & Petenwell Castle Rock Stewards
“You bring lake people to my farm, and I’ll bring farmers to your lakes,’ said John Eron to lakeshore landowner Rick Georgeson. The upstream/downstream friendship now inspires conservation innovation.
Read MoreBoots on the Ground | Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil – Healthy Water
Farmer Tony Peirick and lakeshore owner Bill Boettge dreaded a nonpoint source work group they feared would be a shouting match. They now work together protecting Dodge County lakes and streams.
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