Riley Stenzel from the American Excelsior Company will talk about the different permanent erosion blankets out there and what they can hold up to. The second part of the presentation will […]
Tag: Water
Measures of Soil Water Cycling
Measuring and assessing soil health are critical components to understanding how changes in agronomic management practices affect soils capacity to support cropping systems. In this presentation, the Soil Health Institute (SHI) will focus on explaining measurements and assessments of soil health associated with soil-water dynamics.
Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars
Are you curious about the DNR’s Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We […]
How to Get Started Restoring Your Cold-water Stream in Your County
There has been a strong interest by counties in the past ten years to work with landowners on stream projects that involve bank stabilization and habitat for both game and non-game species.
Roller Pasture Series: Watering Systems
We’ll learn about creating an efficient watering system – which is helpful when planning rotational grazing.
Drought Decision-Making Tools You Can Use
Learn about two toolkits that support drought monitoring and drought decision-making across the lower 48 states: the Integrated Water Portal and The Climate Toolbox.
SWCS Annual Conference
This year’s conference theme, “Expanding Horizons: Where Conservation Meets Innovation,” evokes images of the expansive views of the region and the deep and varied soil horizons that make Iowa’s farmland some of the most productive in the world.
Gaining Ground – Soil as a Renewable Resource?
The soil health nexus for their soil health digital cafe series. Can health of a degraded soil be regenerated? We use the term ‘regenerative agriculture,’ but what does it mean […]
Lake Ice – The Invisible Present and Place
The decline in ice cover on lakes has been an early warning for the onset of today’s climate change. Records of ice-on and ice-off dates and the duration of ice […]