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Topsoil Disappearing

Focus on the loss of topsoil and preventative measures.

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

Photo of a folded ten-row till planter on J.D. Conley's farm in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Erosion Control, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation, Till Planter, Water Conservation

Photos of the tile intake terraces on Gerald Widman's farm.

Tags: Cherokee County Iowa, Erosion Control, Farming Practices, Farmland, Gerald Widman, Soil and Water Conservation, Tile Intake Terrace, Watershed

Tags: Erosion Control, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Week, Warren County

Slide showing how to cut erosion with soil conservation techniques.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Corn Residue, Erosion Control, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation

B&W photograph of concrete structure on Roy Thiede land.

Tags: Concrete Dam, Erosion Control, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, Roy Thiede

B&W photographs of Roy Thiede and inlet of erosion control dam with emergency spillway in foreground.

Tags: Erosion Control, Erosion Control Dam, Inlet, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, Roy Thiede, Waterway

B&W photograph of Roger Hertensen with John Whitsell and Bob Hertensen standing next to erosion control dam. Farm is near Otter Creek.

Tags: Bob Hertensen, Erosion Control, Farm Pond, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, John Whitsell, Roger Hertensen, Trefoil

B&W photograph of water control structure on Rinehart farm.

Tags: Erosion Control, Rinehart Farm

B&W photographs of Ray Stillmunkes and the gully on his land that will be mortified with a conservation structure. (12)

Tags: Erosion Control, Gully, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, Ray Stillmunkes