Conservation Connection
The Impaired Waters List is a Missed Opportunity
The 2022 Impaired Waters List does not tell us which waters are safe for recreation or the direction of statewide trends. We think that’s a missed opportunity.
Making Sense of Water Quality Data – A Paddler’s View
In some ways, 2021 was an unlucky year to launch a water quality monitoring program because streams were so often dry. In some ways, it was an ideal year to launch a monitoring program, because weather always has an influence of water quality and the challenging conditions in 2021 forced us to better account for it.
Prairie Rivers Staffer Shellie Orngard Named to Change for Climate Cohort
The Iowa Conservation Education Coalition has created a select group of community environmental leaders to be part of a Change for Climate Cohort who will "receive training, professional mentoring...
Thank You, David Stein!
David contributed to a large part of Prairie Rivers of Iowa’s continued efforts to impact public awareness and implementation of conservation practices to create native plant, pollinator and wildlife habitat to help improve soil and water quality while protecting the endangered rusty patched bumble bee and other species of greatest conservation need in Iowa. He was instrumental in creating a native seed bank and the development of many acres of habitat.
Are small towns a big problem for water quality?
Unsewered communities aren’t the cause of high E. coli in the Iowa River, but could influence tributaries like Beaver Creek in Hardin County.
Reflecting on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Project
This project that was funded through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is coming to a close early this December. It allowed us the means to engage with several local people about the...
Tall Grass Prairie Restoration Follow Up
NRCS PLANTS Data Team Plant Ecologist Chris Taliga, a featured presenter at our Wild and Scenic Film Festival, shared with the audience a little about the restoration of prairie on her family's...
Note From the Program Coordinator
Thank you all for joining us again on the newest addition of the Watersheds and Wildlife Newsletter. Let me go ahead and start by thanking everyone for making our most recent events a massive...
Our October 2021 volunteer monitoring event is a little different
Thanks to the 15 volunteers who helped to catch benthic macroinvertebrates (bugs) and test water quality over the weekend!