Watershed demonstration projects
Watershed demonstration projects focus on conservation in smaller, localized areas throughout the state. Find more about these projects below.
Iowa Watershed Demonstration Projects
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.
Advancing Nutrient Reduction in the Rock Creek Watershed
Central Iowa Watershed Management Authority Water Quality Initiative Project
Don’t Farm Naked: Integration of Ruminant Livestock and Cover Crops to Meet Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Goals
Taylor County Water Quality Initiative
Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative
Optimized Water Quality Wetlands Integrated with In-Field Nutrient Management Practices
Driving Cover Crop Adoption through Education and Technical Assistance and Showing Environmental Benefits
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