A northeast Nebraska farming operation is starting the new year with an even bigger commitment to conservation, and they hope other farms take note. Cover cropping and organic farming are already practiced by the Winnebago Tribe s Ho-Chunk Farms. And through the U.S. .
By Katie Watkins for Houston Public Media.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration On a muggy Monday morning at Exploration Green in Clear Lake, walkers are on trails that meander along natural-looking ponds. Red-winged Blackbirds chirp in the distance and rabbits hide in the tall grasses and reeds. It’s a public greenspace and nature preserve — it’s also a massive flood detention project. .