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Soybeans emerging through a winter small-grain crop

Conservation & Sustainability

Relay intercropping is a new approach in Iowa Relay intercropping is a new approach in Iowa

Sep 11, 2023

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Attendees at the water Rocks Conservation Station On the Edge trailer

Conservation & Sustainability

An intersection of art and conservation action An intersection of art and conservation action

Aug 18, 2023

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5 ISU water resources interns for 2023

Conservation & Sustainability

Water resources interns bolster ISU conservation outreach teams

Water resources interns bolster ISU conservation outreach teams

tractor plowing, fertilizing in field

Conservation & Sustainability

Does nitrate in our water come from golf courses or farms?

Does nitrate in our water come from golf courses or farms?

Southwest Iowa farmer Seth Watkins with young learners

Conservation & Sustainability

Southwest Iowa farmer wins conservation award

Southwest Iowa farmer wins conservation award

Kean Roberts leads a discussion with students while drawng on white board with

Conservation & Sustainability

High school students experience water and watersheds

High school students experience water and watersheds

A new manual is available to teach about conservation practices on the farm

Conservation & Sustainability

Whole Farm Conservation Best Practices Manual offers updates

Whole Farm Conservation Best Practices Manual offers updates

The 2022 water resources interns Alex McDougall, Nathan Lewis, Mitch Harting, Jordan Carr, Sarah Brackett.

Conservation & Sustainability

ISU water resources interns learn, teach about conservation

ISU water resources interns learn, teach about conservation

wetland in Iowa

Conservation & Sustainability

Wetlands, wildlife critical to Iowa water quality goals

Wetlands, wildlife critical to Iowa water quality goals

Dam cross sections revealing intricate matrices of diverse materials

Conservation & Sustainability

Beaver dam observations surprise researchers

Beaver dam observations surprise researchers

Iowa Learning Farms' field day

Conservation & Sustainability

Iowa Learning Farms expanded programming, audiences in tough year

Iowa Learning Farms expanded programming, audiences in tough year

trees and woodlands

Conservation & Sustainability

Trees on the farm: Incidental or planned, asset or nuisance?

Trees on the farm: Incidental or planned, asset or nuisance?

Water Rocks! School assembly at Valerius Elementary School in Urbandale

Education program celebrates anniversary

Education program celebrates anniversary

is an example of a two-part sign being deployed by the Iowa DNR to share knowledge about where creeks flow

Signs point to the watershed

Signs point to the watershed

Mark Licht an ISU extension cropping specialist and is evaluating an established vegetation plot with Adam Janke

Conservation & Sustainability

Redefine field edge in farm management

Redefine field edge in farm management

Emmett Phillips, Seton Catholic School, Peosta, is firing up students in a recent conservation conversation as part of Water

Conservation & Sustainability

Stewardship knowledge comes directly to youth

Stewardship knowledge comes directly to youth

Soybean field with cover crop

Engaging students for conservation practices

Engaging students for conservation practices

Cover crops

ISU students take on soil health challenge

ISU students take on soil health challenge

Water Rocks assembly programs

Groups partner to boost conservation education

Groups partner to boost conservation education

Lindsey Page serving as computer operator

Conservation & Sustainability

Interns help expand water, natural resource offerings

Interns help expand water, natural resource offerings

Cover crops

Conservation & Sustainability

COVID-19 and conservation — what happened and what's next

COVID-19 and conservation — what happened and what's next

Perennial grass and forbs

The field edge redefined

The field edge redefined

Nitrogen being applied in field using a split method.

Crop Protection

Nitrogen matters: Taking first step

Nitrogen matters: Taking first step

Forester Billy Beck with a downed tree

Tree care: Derecho damages not only crops, but also woodlands

Tree care: Derecho damages not only crops, but also woodlands

Prairie strips in cornfield

Farm Operations

Prairie strips: Interest strong and growing

Prairie strips: Interest strong and growing

Students social distancing while attending Water Rocks program.

Returning to learning with Water Rocks!

Returning to learning with Water Rocks!

2020 brings new way to intern at Water Rocks

2020 brings new way to intern at Water Rocks

Kids attending a Water Rocks! program

Water Rocks! has gone to the dogs (for youth outreach)

Water Rocks! has gone to the dogs (for youth outreach)

Marshall County farmer Wade Dooley

ILF field days step into virtual reality

ILF field days step into virtual reality

cereal rye cover

Benefits beyond yields: 10 years of cover crops

Benefits beyond yields: 10 years of cover crops

Trees stand along waterway

Conservation & Sustainability

Trees: Silent partner in water quality

Trees: Silent partner in water quality

Conservation & Sustainability

Starting the conservation conversation: Land-use changes

Starting the conservation conversation: Land-use changes

Conservation & Sustainability

Conservation through no-till, strip-till

Conservation through no-till, strip-till

Conservation & Sustainability

Familiar face returns to Iowa Learning Farms

Familiar face returns to Iowa Learning Farms

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