Planning Kickoff / Open House Event March 27, 2014

Jody Bailey, English River Watershed Coordinator

Source: KidsGeo.com

• ~627 mi² • 401,000 acres • 15 communities • 6 counties

Source: Iowa Geological & Water Survey

Iowa’s Major Watersheds

Flooding

Erosion

Nutrients

Photo Credit: Upper Iowa River Watershed

Photo Credit: Larry Stone, Gazette

Source: IDNR (2013)

Counties Keokuk

Washington Iowa

Johnson Mahaska

Poweshiek

Cities Barnes City

Grinnell Kalona

Keswick Riverside Wellman

Deep River Gibson

Guernsey Kinross

Millersburg Montezuma

North English Parnell Webster

Conservation Districts Iowa

Johnson Keokuk

Poweshiek Washington

Mahaska

Photo Credit: Steve Berger

• Partner with technical organizations to identify scope of needed improvements

• Increase voluntary conservation through

education & engagement

• Provide technical and financial support for businesses / individual landowners

• Leverage resources for

watershed-scale projects

Photo Credit: Steve Berger

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• Educate • Engage • Assess

• Physical environment inventory • Hydrologic modeling • Water quality • Social survey

• Plan for Improvements

• What are the issues? • What can be done to increase voluntary conservation projects?

(funding, education, technical assistance, etc.)

• Ask your elected officials to join WMA

• Serve as a

representative • Attend meetings • Join the Community

Advisory Team • Host a tour of

conservation practices on your land

• Suggest event ideas • Sign up for updates

through website / coordinator

Photo Credit: Steve Berger