Our climate is changing and changes in climate have been a defining factor in agriculture and water quality within the North Central Region. Extreme weather events have the capacity to drastically impact our waterways, and climateRead More…
With a population of nearly 13 million people and a major agricultural presence statewide, Illinois is the largest contributor of nutrient loss and runoff from the Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico. While effortsRead More…
The Current Webinar 40: Understanding, Predicting, and Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms brought together scientists, researchers and outreach professionals the in North Central and Great Lakes Regions to provide a multi-faceted overview of the contemporary work beingRead More…
Xin Qiao, an Irrigation Management Specialist at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been busy developing and implementing new research projects to help improve agriculture and cropping systems in Nebraska. Read More…
When mildly adventurous hikers leave the road in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and walk along the south shore of Lake Wingra, they will pass a prairie full of big blue stem, white wild indigo, andRead More…
The Current Webinar 39: Successful Efforts in Stopping Aquatic Invasive Species from the Pet and Pond Trades highlighted the various preventative projects and programs currently being utilized across the North Central Region in blocking aquatic invasives fromRead More…
Excessive stormwater runoff, generated when rain or snowmelt flow over land without infiltrating, can cause flash flooding, significant water quality degradation, and loss of property. Water resource managers and stormwater professionals need to know how to adoptRead More…
This spring and summer have been exciting months at the Kansas Agricultural Watershed (KAW) Field Research Facility. Nathan Nelson, Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management at Kansas State University, and his team have been busyRead More…
The Network’s tribal collaboration team has taken major steps since its development in the summer of 2016. The team, along with collaborators and leaders across the region, have worked to expand Extension collaborative programming and partnershipRead More…
Over the past two years, summers have been especially tough for North Dakota ranchers. The bulk of the water needed for livestock comes from surface water, and low rainfall totals in 2017 drastically decreased surface waters,Read More…