Soil Health & Watershed Groups
Mower County Watersheds
Southeast Minnesota
Contact
Contact: Tim Ruzek - Water Plan & Outreach Coordinator at Mower SWCD
Email: tim@mowerdistrict.org
Phone: (507) 993-2518
Website: https://www.cedarriverwd.org/1w1p/
Mission
Mower County includes the upper reaches of two significant rivers: the Root River, which flows east to the Mississippi through southern Minnesota, and the Cedar River, which flows south through eastern Iowa to join the Iowa River near its entry to the Mississippi in the southeast corner of the state. Mower Soil & Water Conservation District’s soil health and water protection initiatives are collaborative, building connections to protect these assets with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, education, resources and expertise and research with partner institutions.
Mower County Soil & Water Conservation District’s mission is to coordinate and implement conservation work, and to serve as a leader for natural resource restoration and protection while maintaining a viable local economy. It is a grassroots organization governed by elected officials.
News & Stories
About Us
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 - The Sustainable Answer Acre, a farmer-led, collaborative research project focused on the economic and environmental effects of applying nitrogen to crop fields
Outreach:
- Engage local schools
- Media interviews
- Presentation to groups
- Promotion to media outlets
- Social media cultivation
- Video Development
- Website Development
- Other - Citizen Water Monitors Program
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
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