Browse Items (358 total) for Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District Historical Collection

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Orange Reduces Plastic Use

Article on how Orange Elementary School students are pushing for metal silverware instead of plastic.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Conservation, Iowa, Orange Elementary School

Article featuring Waterloo fifth-graders at EnviroFest at Hawkeye College.

Tags: Black Hawk County, EnviroFest

Clipping on Shane Wulf, a new employee of Black Hawk Soil and Water Conservation District.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Shane Wulf

Article features land owners, Mark and Jane Jackson, whose conservation practices save the soil.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Mark and Jane Jackson, Soil and Water Conservation

Clipping featuring Lee Gravel, coordinator of the Headwaters of the North Raccoon Water Quality Improvement project.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Lee Gravel, North Raccoon Water Quality Improvement Project

News article featuring Nick Meier, farmer, who is working to reduce nitrates through conservation practices.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Nick Meier, Nitrates

Farmers see value in cover crops.

Tags: Agriculture, Black Hawk County, Cover Crops

Water quality study of river basins in Eastern Iowa.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, River Basins, Water Quality

Crop subsidies could be withheld if conservation practices are ignored.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Soil Erosion, Subsidies

Farmers speak out on conservation regulations.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Soil Erosion