Farm to River Partnership
North Raccoon Farm To River Partnership
The North Raccoon Farm to River Partnership is an Iowa Water Quality initiative (WQI) to implement in-field and edge-of-field practices that keep nitrogen and phosphorus out of Iowa waters. This project started in 2018 and ran to 2020 from a previous WQI grant. ACWA was awarded a new 3-year grant from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) to continue the project through 2024.
Goals include: installation of 15 bioreactors, 15 saturated buffers, 2 targeted wetlands and 11,500 new acres of cover crops. Other aspects of the project include tile and stream water monitoring and collection of in-field data on nitrogen behavior in manure systems.
ACWA leads the project located in five watersheds in the counties of Sac, Calhoun, Carroll and Greene. The Iowa WQI $2.6 million total project includes matching funds to support water quality improvement efforts.
The project goals support the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy recommendations. The strategy calls for a 45 percent reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus in Iowa’s waters before they enter the Mississippi River.
Farm to River Partnership Fact Sheet (8/2019 PDF file)
News story: Farm to River Partnership makes strides toward improved water quality (12/22/2020 PDF file)
News story: Attend an informative workshop in Lake City on cover crops, edge-of-field practices (1/2/2020 PDF file)
News story: Promoting Conservation – article by Iowa Farm Bureau, 10/7/19
News story: New conservation specialist to oversee watershed project (7/19/19 PDF file)
News story: New approach to watershed improvement (1/8/19 PDF file)
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Please contact Roger Wolf if you have any questions about submitting data.
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