Northeast Iowa RC&D

Best Management Practices (Video Series) ~ Español

Brad — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:00:16 +0000

English Conservation Tillage: Types, methods, pros & cons. (3:03 min)

Filter Strips: Stream-side perennial vegetation provides BIG environmental benefits. (5:00 min)

Water Erosion: Outlines causes, types, and damages of errant water. (4:08 min)

Water Quality: Common issues are described in getting and keeping clean water. (4:00 min)

Wind Break: Very [...] Read More

Best Management Practices (Video Series)

Brad — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:44:55 +0000

En EspañolM&M Divide RC&D produced this short video series offering information on land management:

Watersheds Conservation Tillage Filter Strips Water Erosion Water Quality Wind Break Wind Erosion Watershed: Explanation of a watershed and its benefits. (2:40 min)

Conservation Tillage: Types, methods, pros & cons. (3:03 min)

Filter Strips: Stream-side perennial vegetation provides [...] Read More

Iowa Scenic Byways

Brad — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:01:05 +0000

Iowa’s eleven byways are home to some of the most scenic roadways in the region. Travel these routes and you’ll discover unique land features, welcoming people, and a host of fascinating cultural and historical sites not found on the beaten path.

Local Food Producer Website Workshops

Northeast Iowa RC&D — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:57:16 +0000

Northeast Iowa RC&D, in partnership with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, has been hosting free website building workshops for local food producers and farmers across Iowa. These workshops have successfully helped dozens of local food producers develop websites for their businesses, expand Iowa's local food system and build relationships between local food producers and the consumers that love their food! [...] Read More

Grass Run Farm Value Added Ag Project

Northeast Iowa RC&D — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:53:35 +0000

This project will develop a new business, Grass Run Farm Inc, to process, market and deliver grass-fed beef and hogs from three family farms that manage livestock using chemical-free, grass-based methods to reduce environmental impact. The business model has great significance in Northeast Iowa and other areas where thousands of acres of highly erodible [...] Read More

Mapping the Driftless Area Scenic Byway

Brad — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:13:01 +0000

What would you like to show visitors traveling the Driftless Area Scenic Byway? Art Galleries? Scenic Overlooks? Restaurants? Or Museums? Here’s your chance to put your favorite places along the byway on the map.

The Developing Iowa’s Byways through GIS Technology project is underway and 24 miles of the Driftless Area Scenic Byway have [...] Read More

Northeast Iowa RC&D Gypsy Moth Monitoring for 2010

Brad — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:59:46 +0000

The gypsy moth is a non-native, serious pest of over 600 hardwood tree and shrub species. The gypsy moth damages the plants when the caterpillar stage eats the leaves. When there are many caterpillars and the damage occurs over several years, the continual defoliation can weaken and sometimes kill the trees.

The gypsy moth [...] Read More

Community tree inventories to be conducted in Winneshiek County

Brad — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:27:28 +0000

An extensive tree inventory will help to assess the risk the emerald ash borer may pose to Winneshiek County.

This past May, the emerald ash borer, the invasive insect from eastern Asia that kills ash trees, was found on an island on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River near New Albin by the [...] Read More

Northeast Iowa Tourism Booklet

Brad — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:47:33 +0000

Developed in partnership with the Northeast Iowa Tourism Association, this booklet is packed with nearly 50 pages of things to see and do in our six county region: outdoor recreation, dining, arts, history, attractions, and entertainment.

Northeast Iowa Bluff Country Booklet (PDF: 2.0MB)

Water Quality Monitoring

Brad — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:52 +0000

Staff at Northeast Iowa RC&D spend one morning each month monitoring the water quality of local streams.