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Dr. Billy Beck
January 6, 2022 9:48 AM
Iowa needs a Windbreak Renaissance!
Dr. Billy Beck
December 13, 2021 5:27 PM
Winter is a hot time for forestry. While a flurry of activity occurs in our woodlands during this time of year (pun intended), timber harvest and storm damage are often at the top of a forester's mind.
In Iowa, we are lucky to have a unique system of County Conservation Boards doing land management and natural resources education in every county!
Dr. Adam Janke
November 23, 2021 9:10 AM
The Master Conservationist program is a comprehensive educational opportunity through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Cover crops can enhance soil health by capturing nutrients, slowing erosion, and reducing the need for herbicides.
Agriculture and natural resources have a lot in common and Kaycie Waters, the newly named natural resources field specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, looks forward to exploring the ways the two intersect. Waters, who grew up in a farm family from Arizona, began her
Dr. Adam Janke
October 18, 2021 10:47 AM
AMES, Iowa – As deer hunters head to the woods this fall, they are again reminded to be vigilant and active participants in the state’s efforts to fight chronic wasting disease.
Dr. Matt Helmers
October 1, 2021 8:30 AM
A new study underway by economists at Iowa State University aims to better understand nutrient impacts through the lens of local recreation and tourism, with a focus on assessing the economic impacts of water quality improvement on rural and lower-income communities.
Catherine DeLong
September 22, 2021 3:10 PM
It might be confusing to some how someone who studied soil science could end up being focused on water quality, but for Iowans it’s likely that the connection is more straightforward.
Dr. Billy Beck
September 22, 2021 3:06 PM
Trees hold an incredible power, that being their ability to fix carbon from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and use it to produce a tangible product – wood.
J. Arbuckle
September 15, 2021 12:28 PM
Iowa is a major producer of grain, meat, dairy, eggs, and other major agricultural commodities.
Dr. Billy Beck
September 3, 2021 11:38 AM
Woodland owners and those with an interest in forestry can network and improve their knowledge during several field days planned this fall across the state.
Dr. Adam Janke
August 20, 2021 8:23 AM
Among the hundreds of wildlife species found in Iowa, few are so common that we can assert with relative confidence that each night, every person in Iowa would find themselves only a mile or two away from one. Perhaps deer rise to this level of ubiquity. Perhaps pigeons or mourning doves too.
Due to recent high temperatures and dry conditions, stocking farm ponds can be difficult to do this time of the year. However, several measures can be taken to increase your success...
A new trailer named “Marsh Madness” combines sight, sound, and science to engage Iowa audiences about the values of the state’s wetland ecosystems.
A new study indicates that insects like honey bees in many cases can do a better job of pollinating soybeans than the plants can do on their own.
When youth have the opportunity to learn something new in Iowa 4-H, sometimes it’s hard to predict where the opportunity will take them.
New research on monarchs by Iowa State University scientists offers important insights to those trying to boost populations by planting habitat close to corn and soybean fields.
Dr. Billy Beck
April 28, 2021 11:38 AM
The derecho that swept across Iowa and the Midwest in August of 2020 caused extensive damage to forests and woodlots – but not all of it was negative.
Dr. Adam Janke
April 2, 2021 9:43 AM
The diversity and breadth of Iowa’s natural environment is captured in a new series of publications by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Association of Naturalists.
Dr. Matt Helmers
March 26, 2021 5:19 PM
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a demonstration is worth a million words at least! I am reminded of this as we are brushing off the winter dirt from the Conservation Station Fleet and beginning to plan for summer 2021 outreach.
The World Wildlife Fund, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve released its 2020-2021 overwintering monarch population report on February 25, 2021.
Dr. Adam Janke
February 18, 2021 12:36 PM
In January 1921 George Washington Carver traveled from Tuskegee, Alabama, across the Jim Crow south and into the segregated nation’s capital. He was there to extol the value of southern farmers’ peanuts as the House Ways and Means Committee considered tariffs on imports.
Jamie Benning
February 18, 2021 8:17 AM
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.
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