Urban Fringe Small Landowner Project

Urban Fringe Small Landowner Project

  • 47 landowners helped
  • 2119 acres of land improved
  • Better understanding of conservation opportunities and challenges at edge of town

Prairie Rivers of Iowa completed a project to support the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy by providing education and technical assistance to a group of rural landowners near the city limits of Ames that, owing to the small size of their holdings or non-traditional nature of their operations, are sometimes overlooked.

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