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2021 Fall Watershed Academy Resources, Presentations and Handouts
Full Agenda: fall_2021_watershed_academy_agenda.pdf
2022 Spring Watershed Academy Resources, Presentations and Handouts
Full agenda: spring_2022_watershed_academy_agenda.pdf
Dr. Laura Witzling, Assistant Professor in the Greenlee School Journalism/Communication at Iowa State University, presented on communication tactics, making messages persuasive and behavior change. Laura's presentation can be found here: witzling_presentation.pdf.
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.
2022 Fall Watershed Academy Resources, Presentations and Handouts
Full agenda: fall_2022_watershed_academy_agenda.pdf
2023 Spring Watershed Academy Resources, Presentations and Handouts
Full agenda: spring_2023_watershed_academy_agenda.pdf
Building Positive Relationships in the Watershed
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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