The Algal Bloom Action Team is a collaboration of water professionals, researchers, and educators from twelve states in the North Central Region of the United States. Team members include the national network of Water Resources Research Institutes (WRRI), the North Central Region Water Network and Cooperative Extensions within each state in the North Central Region. […]
AMES, Iowa — How to improve farm profitability with the use of precision conservation will be the topic of the Iowa Learning Farms webinar on Wednesday, January 6 at noon. Precision agricultural (ag) technology can inform many management decisions on the farm, including identifying underperforming acres. In these low-yielding acres, conservation can improve profitability and result […]
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day on growing Miscanthus in Iowa on Thursday, January 14 at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live conversation with Emily Heaton, Iowa State University Agronomy Professor and Extension Biomass Crop Specialist. Miscanthus has […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day on returning oxbows on Iowa’s landscape on Thursday, January 21 at 1 p.m. CST. Restoring oxbows creates a multitude of benefits to the landscape including improving water quality, offering flood storage capabilities and […]
AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Learning Farms webinar on Wednesday, January 27 at noon will feature preliminary results from a survey about rural Iowa’s drinking water quality. Among the greatest challenges associated with annual row crop production in the region are its impacts on water quality. Little is known about the degree to which rural residents […]
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day on the challenges of improving water quality and quantity management in the karst topography of the Upper Iowa Watershed on Thursday, February 4 at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live discussion […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa Learning Farms is hosting a free virtual field day discussing the utilization of perennial biomass and prairie for renewable natural gas generation using digesters on Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live discussion with Matt Helmers, Iowa Nutrient Research Center Director, and Dan Ciolkosz, Penn State Agricultural and Biological […]
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day featuring the efforts in the Clear Creek Watershed to improve water quality and quantity issues on Thursday, March 4 at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live discussion with John […]
The virtual workshop will introduce you to their interactive project website Collaborative Drought Planning Using Scenario Exercises and will give attendees an opportunity to learn more about the website and use the interactive resources that are part of it. Recent droughts across the North Central Region mean that many communities are looking for ways to prepare for […]
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day highlighting the stream stabilization efforts in the East and West Nishnabotna Watersheds to improve water quality and reduce flooding on Thursday, March 18 at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live discussion with […]
9:00 - 9:45: Iowa DNR Water Supply: Drought and Protected Flow Updates 9:45 - 10:30: Iowa Geological Survey: Sinkhole Mapping and Investigations 10:30 - 11:15: Ken Choquette: Overseas Water Projects 11:15 - 12:00: Iowa DNR Panel Discussion: PFAS Action Plan: Roger Bruner, Matt Graesch, Claire Hruby, and James Warren Registration is required. Registration cancellations will […]
In this new decade, Iowa has faced several unprecedented challenges that tested the resiliency and revealed the fragility of our economic and social systems. COVID-19 has strained public health resources and water infrastructure, a devastating derecho storm impacted millions of crop acres and blighted urban areas, and climate change and land use decisions are exacerbating […]