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Walnut Creek and Squaw Creek Watersheds, Iowa: National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project
How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs to Protect Water Quality: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project Experience
  • Deanna L. Osmond, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
  • Philip W. Gassman, Iowa State University
  • Keith E. Schilling, Iowa Geological and Water Survey
  • Calvin F. Wolter, Iowa Geological and Water Survey
  • Catherine Kling, Iowa State University
  • Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University
  • Thomas M. Isenhart, Iowa State University
  • William W. Simpkins, Iowa State University
  • Thomas B. Moorman, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Mark D. Tomer, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Sergey S. Rabotyagov, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Manoj K. Jha, North Carolina A & T State University
  • Dana L. K. Hoag, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
  • Donald K. Meals, Ice.Nine Environmental Consulting
  • Mazdak Arabi, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract

The goal of the Iowa National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project (NIFA–CEAP), Economic and Water Quality Effects of Multiple Conservation Practices in Three Midwest Watersheds, was to provide science-based information to policymakers concerning the water quality benefits and economic costs of implementing multiple agricultural conservation practices in these watersheds. The three primary watersheds were (1) Walnut Creek Watershed in south central Iowa and the Squaw Creek Watershed (which was the “control watershed” within the paired-watershed study), (2) Sny Magill Creek Watershed and Bloody Run Creek Watershed (which was also a “control watershed” within that paired-watershed study), and (3) the South Fork of the Iowa River Watershed in north central Iowa.

Comments

This chapter is from How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs to Protect Water Quality: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project Experience, Chapter 11 (2012): 201.

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Citation Information
Deanna L. Osmond, Philip W. Gassman, Keith E. Schilling, Calvin F. Wolter, et al.. "Walnut Creek and Squaw Creek Watersheds, Iowa: National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project" How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs to Protect Water Quality: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project Experience (2012) p. 201 - 220
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