For the past 2 years, educators in Northeast Iowa have been invited to bring their students to the Regional Urban Stormwater Demonstration (RUSD) Site on the Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development Campus in Postville, Iowa. Visits to the RUSD Site include a tour of...
Northeast Iowa RC&D was announced as one of three members of an elite place-based flood prevention model made possible through the American Flood Coalition (AFC). The RC&D along with the two other awardees, The Coalition for Environment, Equality, and Resilience in Harris County Texas, and...
Project Overview The Upper Wapsipinicon River Watershed Resiliency Plan was developed by Northeast Iowa RC&D on behalf of the Upper Wapsi River Watershed Management Authority (WMA) Board between February 2017 and July 2019, with input from dozens of contributing partners who conducted research, analyzed opportunities, facilitated...
Project Overview The Upper Iowa River Watershed Resiliency Plan was developed by Northeast Iowa RC&D on behalf of the Upper Iowa River Watershed Management Authority (WMA) Board over a two year period from February 2017 to March 2019 with input from dozens of contributing partners who...
The Turkey River Watershed project is bringing together local, state and federal partners in the eight-county Turkey River Watershed of Iowa as theTurkey River Watershed Alliance and Turkey River Watershed Management Authority to complete a comprehensive, systematic analysis of the watershed. The project is coordinating...
NE IA RC&D worked with the City of Guttenberg and the Clayton County SWCD to develop and submit a successful Watershed Improvement Review Board (WIRB) grant to improve water quality in Miner’s Creek Watershed in 2008. The RC&D completed a GIS analysis, a land use...
Staff at Northeast Iowa RC&D spend one morning each month monitoring the water quality of local streams and rivers in the Upper Iowa River Watershed and the Turkey River Watershed. They work with the local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Iowa DNR to complete...
NE IA RC&D is partnering with Allamakee and Winneshiek County Soil and Water Conservation Districts to model innovative small feedlot solutions in Northeast Iowa. The RC&D helped the districts secure an Iowa 319/EPA grant for technical assistance, cost share and education at the local and...