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The Iowa Watershed Academy

The Iowa Watershed Academy is a training held twice a year for watershed coordinators and other conservation professionals who offer technical assistance to farmers and landowners. These individuals are the “boots on the ground” necessary to adopt conservation systems, and recent research has shown that interaction with a conservation practitioner is the highest predictor of conservation adoption. The first Watershed Academy was held in 2016 and has continued to be offered every year, except in 2020.

Building Positive Relationships in the Watershed

June 9, 2023 12:00 AM

Working directly with farmers and community leaders, watershed coordinators are the “boots on the ground” of water quality improvement in Iowa. Coordinators meet people where conservation decisions happen – farm fields, dinner tables, and community events – and work hand-in-hand with these decision-makers to achieve conservation goals and implement water quality improvement projects that benefit all Iowans. It’s a tall task, one that requires knowledge of technical topics like natural resource management and agronomy, soft skills like communication and outreach, and most importantly, the ability to form relationships with farmers and landowners...

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