Jamie Benning
Ethan Thies has joined Iowa State University Extension and Outreach as the program’s first conservation field specialist. Thies began the new role July 29 and will be based out of the ISU Extension and Outreach Carroll County office...
Farmers and landowners across the state work regularly with their local Natural Resource Conservation Service and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) professionals to plan and construct conservation practices or discuss cost-share options to try new management practices.
Many rural residents in Iowa rely on private wells as their source of water for drinking, cooking, washing clothes, and watering livestock. Even if your well and the area around it have remained unchanged, it is important to test water annually for indicators of contamination, including nit