Tag: Webinar

A New Look At An Old Way to Fix Broken Lakes

This Midwest Greater Lakes Partnership presentation will illustrate the need for a more robust lake scientific study design that accurately quantifies glacial lake health as the first step in lake restoration, which is a team sport.

Jerry Sweeten, Senior Restoration Ecologist — Ecosystems Connections Institute, LLC, will present examples where nutrient and sediment monitoring were conducted to prioritize tributaries for restoration. Leveraging these data have helped to designate the lake in the National Water Quality Initiative and direct increased funding to on-the-ground conservation.

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Prairie Planting Success

In the webinar, “Planning and Planting Prairie: Research and On-farm Experience,” Jackson will draw on the results of field experiments and on-farm studies conducted in collaboration with co-authors Justin Meissen, research and restoration program manager, and Andy Olson, prairie on farms program manager at the Tallgrass Prairie Center, to discuss results of testing for successful seed mix design, planting date, first year mowing and seeding depth effects on the success of prairie plantings.

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100 Years of Farming: Sediment and Nutrient Loss Yesterday and Today

In the webinar, “Impact of 100 Years of Agricultural Practice Changes on Sediment and Nutrient Loss from One Farm in Osceola County, Iowa,” Helmers will discuss the changes in farming practices over the past 100 years through the lens of his family’s farm.

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Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Benefiting Farm Income and Ecosystems through Perennial and Winter Cover Crops

In the webinar, “Perennial and Winter Annual Crops for Economic and Environmental Benefit,” Leavitt will showcase the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota and offer insights into this unique breeding and commercialization platform that develops continuous living cover crops.

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Tag: Webinar

A New Look At An Old Way to Fix Broken Lakes

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Prairie Planting Success

100 Years of Farming: Sediment and Nutrient Loss Yesterday and Today

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Benefiting Farm Income and Ecosystems through Perennial and Winter Cover Crops

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Prairie Strip Soil Movement Measurement Explained

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Urban and Rural Water Quality Perceptions in Iowa

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Deploying Large-scale Green Infrastructure Projects Requires Public-Private Collaboration

Special Addition! Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Drought Planning and Response in Livestock Operations

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Positive Outcomes of Managing Streambank Stability

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Food-Energy-Water Nexus Modeling for Iowa