The 2019 Great Lakes to Gulf Watershed Leadership Summit was held in Gulfport, Mississippi February 19th and 20th. This was the second summit of this kind led by Network Director Rebecca Power, Amanda Gumbert of theRead More…
Both experts and residents are becoming more aware and concerned about PFAS contamination in our environment, water, and fish. PFAS, the acronym for about 4,000-5,000 chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are manmade chemicals thatRead More…
The Current Webinar 45: Soil Health and Water Quality featured three professionals in agronomy and soil science who discussed their research on the connection between cover crops, tile drainage and tillage timing on nutrient management and sedimentRead More…
Living in Cincinnati, I didn’t really feel connected to the Great Lakes. Distance makes that a challenge being on the other side of the state. Besides, we have the Ohio River. Granted, not the same butRead More…
The Soil Health Nexus team is making it easier than ever to access valuable soil health information through their newly released Soil Health Toolbox. To date, the team has released resources on conducting on-farm-research that incorporatesRead More…
This article was written by J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr., Grant Wall, and Laurie Nowatzke of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and published on their website. It has been republished here with their permission. Research byRead More…
The Current Webinar 44: Communicating about Water featured three professionals in water research and conservation who discussed their findings and insight for water communication. How we relate to water, how we value water, and how differentRead More…
Natalie Carroll teaches Environmental Systems Management in the Agricultural Systems Management Program at Purdue University and develops natural resource curriculum for youth in grades 3-12. Through her curriculum, Carroll works to teach younger students the basicsRead More…
Over the past several decades we have seen a global increase in potentially toxic cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs). CyanoHABs pose serious human health and livestock risks as they can produce toxins that impact recreation, agriculture,Read More…
An agricultural engineer and an artist walk into a room? Where are you? While it sounds like the beginning of a pun, it was actually the premise for the North Central Region One Water Action ForumRead More…