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...
An extensive tree inventory will help to assess the risk the emerald ash borer may pose to communities in the three counties. In May, 2010, the emerald ash borer, the invasive insect from eastern Asia that kills ash trees, was found on an island on the...
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...
Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development partnered with 34 schools from 13 school districts in Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties during the 2008-2009 school year to gather baseline data on: current attitudes and behaviors of students and parents toward walking and biking to...
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...
This Driftless Area Initiative developed at the request of 48 local, county, state and federal organizations. Northeast Iowa RC&D is working with five other RC&D’s to draw national attention to the Driftless Area, including Limestone Bluffs RC&D Iowa, River Country RC&D Wisconsin, Southwest Badger RC&D...
NE IA RC&D is working though this project to increase outreach to individual landowners and facilitate interaction between US Fish and Wildlife Service, NRCS, DNR, the US Forest Service and other agencies that have funding for private land conservation. The project maximizes the impact existing...
Through this project, NE IA RC&D partnered with NRCS to maintain and restore cropland, forestland, grazing land, and fish and wildlife habitat and protect water and air resources in Northeast Iowa by providing information and education to producers about participation in the Conservation Security Program....
[caption id="attachment_2094" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Instream Sinkhole"][/caption] NE IA RC&D provided assistance to the Iowa Geologic Survey Bureau and other partners to conduct a karst survey in the Upper Iowa River Watershed over a three year period. The IGSB provided funding for RC&D Student Interns through a...
NE IA RC&D partners with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division to conduct an annual Gypsy Moth survey of Eastern Iowa. The RC&D assists with the monitoring and collection of the boxes to determine the invasive species infiltration into the state and management...