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Clean Water in Iowa tour kicks off Cedar River partnership project

Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig joined the City of Cedar Rapids and Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA) at the Clean Water in Iowa Starts Here tour stop in Buckingham, Iowa, in May. The group gathered to kick off the Cedar River Source Water Partnership project, a $19.3 million conservation project that will improve water quality, protect drinking water and help manage flood flows in the Cedar River.
This project is a great example of what we can accomplish when rural and urban partners work together to achieve our shared soil health and water quality goals, Naig said. This is one of four regional partnership projects that was recently awarded federal funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and that allows us to scale up our ongoing water quality projects exponentially. Iowa s conservation efforts have been successful because we have a science-based strategy guiding our conservation efforts, we ve prioritiz ....

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Central Iowa Blitz Project Will Add 51 Water Quality Practices within Des Moines and Raccoon River Watersheds - Oskaloosa News

Central Iowa Blitz Project Will Add 51 Water Quality Practices within Des Moines and Raccoon River Watersheds
Public and private partners announce new conservation project during today’s Clean Water in Iowa Starts Here tour stop
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 28, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and several public and private conservation partners announced a new water quality blitz project today. The project will add 40 saturated buffers and 11 bioreactors to farm fields in Polk and Dallas Counties to protect water quality and support recreational opportunities in the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The first phase of the project should be complete by mid-2022. ....

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