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

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Critics: Many Farmers Let Soil Slip Away

Article questioning farmers conservation practices or lack there of.

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

Farmers interviewed expect extended environmental laws.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Farming Practices, Regulations

Commentary on the latest Wetlands Preserve Program.

Tags: Wetlands, Wetlands Reserve Program

Anti-erosion issues are not well enforced by ASCS.

Tags: Soil Erosion, U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

750 Iowa farmers sign up for Wetlands Reserve Program.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Wetlands Reserve Program

$623 million set aside for farmers who leave cropland idle.

Tags: Agriculture, Cropland

Atrazine found to be in heavy use in Iowa fields.

Tags: Atrazine, Herbicide

Chief of SCS, Wilson Scaling, hears from angry conservationists and farmers at meeting.

Tags: Soil Conservation Service, Wilson Scaling

Farmers explore using manure as fertilizer.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Farming Practices, Fertilizer

News article on how saturated buffers are a new tool to improve water quality.

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