2018 | Rice Creek – Cannon River Watershed
Farmers are planting cover crops on 1,000 of 3,469 tillable acres in Rice Creek watershed for 3 consecutive years. Monitoring and a fish count will show impacts.
Read More2019 | Rice Creek & Cannon River Watersheds
Farmers are planting cover crops for 3 consecutive years and Clean River Partners, St. Olaf College and Minnesota DNR are coordinating, monitoring and conducting a fish count to show impacts.
Read More2019 | Bad Axe & Kickapoo Rivers
Valley Stewardship Network is supporting four landowner-led watershed councils and demonstrating best management practices on upland and riparian farmland in two major watersheds.
Read More2020 | Mower County Soil & Water Conservation District
Farmers, Mower SWCD, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, a consultant and others in Root River Field to Stream Partnership are demonstrating and communicating about Prairie Strips on 10-20 targeted sites.
Read More2020 | Relay Cropping & Replicated Strip Trials
Farmers, Iowa Soybean Association and Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation & Development are implementing relay cropping and replicated strip trials to evaluate for yield and environmental impact, and facilitating dialogue among farmers.
Read More2021 | Kickapoo & Bad Axe Watersheds
Valley Stewardship Network, Tainter Creek Farmer-Led Watershed Council, West Fork Watershed Neighbors Council, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Madison, UW-LaCrosse, Wisconsin DNR, City of Viroqua and Viroqua FFA are building watershed councils, STRIPS, and FFA regenerative ag activity.
Read More2021 | Cannon River Watershed
Farmers, Clean River Partners, Rice SWCD, St. Olaf College, MPCA, Minnesota DNR and McKnight Foundation are expanding cover cropping in Heath, Rice and Wolf Creek watersheds, including farmer-to-farmer and farmer-to-student learning.
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