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Diverse Delegation to Make a Splash at One Water Summit 2017
Posted onPartnerships Are Key to Addressing Water Quality Challenges and Implementing Lasting Solutions By Sarah Feehan “Public-private and urban-rural partnerships are vital to implementing the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy,” says Sean…
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Creating Rural Economic Opportunities and Improving Water Quality
Posted onAcross Iowa, it’s people who are building a new green infrastructure to improve water quality. (2nd in a 2-part series) Across Iowa, it’s people who are building a new green…
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Creating Economic Opportunity While Improving Water Quality
Posted onAcross Iowa, it’s people who are building a new green infrastructure to improve water quality. 1st in a 2-part series Across Iowa, it’s people who are building a new green…
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Iowa Landowners Get Moving with Conservation Collaboration
Posted onNearly 60 percent of Iowa farmland is owned by someone other than the family farmers who operate it. This means that a majority of Iowa farm land-use decisions are made…
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Precision Business Planning, Conservation, and Profitability
Posted onIncreased Conservation Practices for Increased Profitability These types of comparative field images are helping farmers improve profitability. Top: Aerial field viewed by the naked eye just shows wet and dry areas.…
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Watershed by watershed progress
Posted onIowa’s landscape is divided into about 1,600 watersheds that span about 22,000 acres apiece. It’s in these individual watersheds that progress is being made toward keeping nutrients on the…
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Complex Nitrogen Cycle Made Simple and Brings Multiple Benefits
Posted onRaising Better Crops and Minimizing Our Impact on the Environment Space aliens turning a telescope to Earth might think it’s a static blue ball. We know better. Earth is driven…
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Delegation to Represent Iowa’s Collaboration at National Summit
Posted onNational Attention at One Water Summit 2016: How Iowa is Improving Its Water Quality “Iowa’s collaborative approach to improving water quality has received national attention,” says Sean McMahon, executive director…
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Iowa Alliances Improve Farmer Profitability and Water Quality
Posted onCity Municipalities and Rural Interests Working Toward Same Goal While drinking water in the U. S. is among the safest in the world, elevated levels of nitrate, coupled with increasingly…