Dubuque County Watersheds

Growing a Group:

• Active group 5+ years
• Book sharing
• Farmer-led group
• Formed a new group
• Fundraising
• Grant writing
• Member-led project planning
• Neighbor to neighbor mentoring
• Personal invitations to neighbors to grow the group
• Other

Collaboration:

• Actively participated in local watershed planning process
• Collaboration with agriculture or conservation organizations
• Collaboration with local ag retailers and/or crop advisors
• Collaboration with local civic groups
• Collaboration with local college or university
• Other

Outreach:

• Engage local schools
• Media interviews
• Presentation to groups
• Promotion to media outlets
• Social media cultivation
• Video Development
• Website Development
• Other

Land & Water:

• Bioreactors
• Cover crops
• Crop diversification
• Floodplain restoration
• Grass waterways
• Grazing
• Nutrient management & retention
• Perennial crops
• Prairie strips
• Saturated buffers
• Stream buffers
• Stream restoration
• Water retention basins
• Wetlands
• Other

Assessment & Data:

• Agronomic data collection
• Field edge data collection
• Field walkovers
• Stream monitoring
• Other

Events:

• Fishing event
• Farm field days
• Paddle event
• Upstream or downstream connections/visits
• Booth at local event
• Other

Fishers & Famers Partnership Program Participation:

• Workshop
• Neighbor to Neighbor Radio Podcast
• Boots on the Ground Online Conversation
• Group Presentation
• Project Tour
• Featured in a Story
• Featured in a Video
• Meetings
• None