FY 2024 Grants and Scoresheets and Watershed Management Plans
Lakewood Parks Assoc 24-02, Lakewood Parks Assoc 24-02
Friends of Lakeside Lab 24-03, Friends of Lakeside Lab 24-03
Milford Municiple Utilites FY24-06, Milford Municiple Utilities 24-06
Silver Lake Watershed Management Plan
To view the Silver Lake Watershed Management Plan Click this Link: Silver_Lake-Dickinson 2015 WMP
2018 Iowa Great Lakes Watershed Management Plan
To open the Iowa Great Lakes Watershed Management Plan Please Click here!
Water Quality Commission Grants
Click the Links below to see the Grant Applications and Score Sheets
- Blackrock Application FY17-01, Project Ranking FY17-01
- Silver Lake Monitoring FY17-02, Project Ranking FY17-02
- USGS Water Budget FY17-03, Project Ranking FY17-03
- Kenue Wetland FY17-04, Project Ranking FY17-04
- Monument Drive Pervious FY17-05, Project Ranking FY17-05
- Okoboji Homeowners Association FY17-06, Project Ranking FY17-06
- Okoboji Protective Association FY17-07, Project Ranking FY17-07
Water Quality Commission Grants
Grant forms for the 2017 Water Quality Commission grant cycle
Project Application and instructions 2017
Request for Applications begins August 1, 2017
Grant writing Help Session will be haled August 24, 2017 from 1:00 to 4:30 at the Dickinson Soil and Water Conservation District Office — Call John H. Wills at 712-336-3782 ext. 3 to let him know you will be there.
Applications are due at the Dickinson SWCD office no later than 4:30 PM on October 2, 2017.
Field Days are Important
What is the relationship between attending field days, adopting conservation practices, networking and influencing other farmers? If a farmer attended three or more field days, they were more likely to report influencing other farmers than if they only attended one field day. We also found that the more cover crop acres the farmer reported, the more successful they were at influencing others to try conservation.
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Cookie Cutter Conservation
This article sums up why Cookie Cutter Conservation is an uphill battle. Often times, regulation and rules become cookie cutter.
https://www.agrentools.com/cookie-cutter-conservation/?utm_source=Agren+PrecisionConservation+Blog&utm_campaign=dd096a5c4d-Cookie_Cutter_Conservation5_10_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6dd38c946b-dd096a5c4d-44834529
Water Quality Summit Presentations
Below you will find the presentations that were given at last week’s Clean Water Summit. Because they have been reformatted they may not function the same as they did on Friday during the actual presentation. I would encourage you to contact the presentor if you have questions or thoughts about each of the presentation.
Water Quality Monitoring Results