Lime Creek Watershed is located southwest of Independence.
Project summary
Click here Lime Creek project summary for a two-page PDF on the Lime Creek Watershed project.
NEW: Lime Creek grant proposal
A Lime Creek Watershed Improvement Association project proposal, “Monitoring Nutrient Losses from Tile-Drained Fields in the Middle Cedar River”, has been approved by the State Soil Conservation Committee. The two-year project begins July 1.
PDF of proposal: SSCC RD Proposal Cover Page_LC
“Talk of Iowa” (April 25, 2013) discussion
of agricultural and urban flooding
features State Sen. Rob Hogg
After two major flooding events for Iowa in 1993 and 2008, and a number of significant flooding events in-between, Iowans need to ask hard questions about how we have altered our environment.
Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” discussed agricultural and urban flooding, looking at changes we’ve made to our landscape that has made it more prone to flooding. The program also discussed both the damage flooding can cause, and some innovative ways farmers, homeowners and city planners can prevent flooding or at least minimize the damage it can cause.
State Senator Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids, Co-founder of the Iowa Flood Center Larry Weber, and Mark Rasmussen, Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture join the conversation.
To hear a podcast, follow this link: http://iowapublicradio.org/post/preserving-iowas-soil-after-flooding
Cover Crops and 2012 Field Day at Richard Sloan farm
For information on the Dick Sloan’s use of cover crops and the field day held in August 2012, visit the Lime Creek ‘News’ and ‘Special Projects’ pages.
