What’s the key to educating and facilitating greater adoption of conservation practices that improve water quality and soil health? According to Purdue University professor Eileen J. Kladivko, it is collaboration and partnership. Eileen is a teacher,Read More…
By Jason Gomes Though I’ve spent most of my career as an independent agronomist, my educational background is in anthropology. One concept from anthropology that describes how effective watershed projects work is the mutual-aid network. GroupsRead More…
Water quality problems are people problems, and yet people have not been adequately factored into the science intended to inform watershed solutions. Douglas Jackson-Smith is a sociologist who has spent much of his career trying toRead More…
Devil’s Icebox Cave in Rock Bridge, Missouri is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. The cave, which is part of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, is filled with myth and legend. Besides its ominousRead More…
October’s edition of The Current, focused on Imagine a Day Without Water and highlighted three cases – Flint, Michigan, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin and Toledo, Ohio – where communities have dealt with water quality concerns and howRead 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…
There are few things that are certain in life, big or small. Big like the stock market, trade deals, and elections. Small like, well . . . that all depends on your perspective. A change inRead More…
As a new year begins, and we take time to set new goals and resolutions, we would also like to take a moment and recognize the great work of our network initiatives in 2017. Each initiativeRead More…
The North Central Region Water Network is pleased to announce the North Central Region Water Network Impact 2020 Initiatives and Capacity Building Initiatives for 2018. Thanks to the Network Leadership Team, Regional Administrative Council, and initiativeRead More…
Date: March 29, 2017 Source: Eric Larson, 217-300-3197, erlarson@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu URBANA, Ill. – What makes a stream or river healthy? In the years following the growth of the environmental movementRead More…