Ag WATERSHED DEMONSTRATION Projects

Watershed Demonstration Projects focus on conservation in smaller, localized areas throughout the state. Find more about these projects below.

 

Practice Demonstration Projects

As a part of the Water Quality Initiative, there are currently 14 demonstration watershed projects and seven practice demonstration projects. Practice demonstration projects focus on the innovative delivery of priority conservation practices like bioreactors, saturated buffers, cover crops, and wetlands. Find more about these seven projects below.

 

WATER QUALITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

The planning and development project grants support assessment, planning, landowner contact, and design assistance at the local level. These projects will set the stage for future investments through local, state and federal sources to install priority practices such as wetlands, bioreactors, cover crops and saturated buffers.

  • Lake Creek Water Quality Planning & Development Project

  • Scaling up Capacity for Implementation of Water Quality Wetlands

  • Reducing Nutrient Loss through Tile Water in the South Fork Iowa River Watershed

  • Planning Actionable Water Quality Projects in Black Hawk Creek Watershed

  • Edge-of-Field Outreach & Planning, Setting the Table for Success in the Morgan Creek Watershed

  • Mahaska Co. South Skunk/Cedar Creek Headwaters Project

  • Turkey River Headwaters & Chihak Creek Water Quality Project

  • Evaluation & Preliminary Design of Stormwater Wetlands near Perry