This is an issue of a newsletter produced by the Des Moines County Soil Conservation. It has news on current conservation programs that landowners are eligible for. programs that the District is working on. and articles of interest relating to…
U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg, visited Des Moines County where he learned about a large no-tillage cropping experiment on leased IAAP farmland to prevent the loss of topsoil
A letter from Ralph E. Dewey, District Conservationist, points out that the attached Iowa highway map for Des Moines County shows floodplain areas that would be a flooding problem without levees.
The author points out that urban soil conservation is just as important as agricultural conservation and has not been addressed until recently. Soil erosion that results in large amounts of soil sliding into the Mississippi River and its…
This issue of Iowa Soil and Water highlights the Des Moines County Soil District introducing staff working in the area of soil conservation and articles on conservation written by conservation personnel working in Des Moines County.
Land use figures for each soil conservation district in Iowa were estimated by SCS field office personnel as part of the District Resource Inventory. - These values were undated and adjusted where necessary to reflect 1978~79 conditions.
This issue of the Mediapolis News is devoted to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation Distirct. Photographs and information about each of the District Commissioners an Assistant Commissioners is…
