Events Archive

April 19 presentation by Iowa State University’s Matthew Helmers will share 10 years of water quality and cover crop data across small to large deployments

The Iowa Nutrient Research Center is celebrating its 10^th anniversary with a seminar series highlighting outcomes and impacts from a decade of research. The series starts Sept. 14, 2022, and continues through May 10, 2023. Two presenters each month will discuss INRC-supported projects.

Bioreactors, ditches and oxbows will be the focus of the March 8 presenters: 

Learn about a study of beaver dams and their impact on nutrients and hydrology with Billy Beck, assistant professor and extension forestry specialist at Iowa State University and Andrew Rupiper, graduate research assistant , natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State. The free, virtual field day is hosted by the Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG).

Funded by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, researchers are working to quantify hydrologic impacts of beaver dams in the stream system and their effect on nutrients and sediment to determine the influences these ecosystem engineers have within their watershed. Find more details at: Virtual Field Day - Beavers: Superheroes for Water Quality? — Iowa Learning Farms. 

A free virtual field day on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 1:00 p.m. (central time) will feature research on blind inlets. The event is sponsored in part by Iowa Learning Farms in conjunction with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and the Conservation Learning Group. Participants will have the opportunity for a discussion with the farmers and researchers involved. 

Currently, blind inlets are listed in the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy as an erosion control practice that reduces phosphorus (P) loss. Blind inlets have been shown to reduce sediment and phosphorus losses by 80- 98%. However, gravel filter blind inlets are not effective for trapping dissolved nutrients like nitrate. This project, funded by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, builds on a pilot project completed for the Iowa NRCS that looked at the effectiveness of incorporating a woodchip bioreactor into a traditional in-field blind inlet placed behind contour terraces and WASCOBs to reduce nitrate loss as well.

Get more details or the link to participate at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/can-modified-blind-inlets-terrace-sites-reduce-n-and-p-loads. 

The Iowa Nutrient Research Center is celebrating its 10^th anniversary with a seminar series highlighting outcomes and impacts from a decade of research. The series starts Sept. 14, 2022, and continues through May 10, 2023. Two presenters each month will discuss INRC-supported projects.

Modeling will be the focus of the December 14 presenters: 

Farmers, landowners and those interested in local conservation issues can discuss what’s on their mind at the “Conservation on Tap” event Nov. 30 at the Iowa Distilling Co., 4349 Cumming Ave., Cumming, Iowa, from 6-7 p.m. The in-person event is hosted by Iowa Learning Farms and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in collaboration with Iowa State’s Conservation Learning Group. Hosts will include Matt Helmers, director of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State, and Mark Licht, assistant professor in agronomy and cropping systems specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach. Iowa Distilling Co. president Kyle Doyle will join in the conversations as to why water quality matters for brewing. To ensure adequate space and food, RSVP by calling 515-294-5429 or email ilf@iastate.edu.

This year's Fobes Ronald Lecture will be “Cities and Storms: Challenges and Solutions,” presented by Dr. Jennifer Cherrier on Thursday, Nov 3^rd at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room at Iowa State University.

As a renowned scientist on water resource sustainability and integrated water management, Cherrier will share her perspectives on challenges and solutions for urban stormwater resiliency. 

The Johnson Center for Land Stewardship Policy's first annual Forum on Saturday, 22 Oct 2022, starts at 1 pm., hosted by the Tom and Ruth Harkin Institute at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The Forum will be hybrid—both in-person and streamed online. There is no charge for participation, but registration is required at REGISTER. 

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be the keynote speaker. Other presenters include Senator Tom Harkin, host; and expert panelists Margaret Krome, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute; Keefe Keeley, Savannah Institute; and Ricardo Salvador, Union of Concerned Scientists. 

Co-sponsors for this event include the Iowa Nutrient Research Center. 

The Iowa Nutrient Research Center is celebrating its 10^th anniversary with a seminar series highlighting outcomes and impacts from a decade of research. The series starts Sept. 14, 2022, and continues through May 10, 2023. Two presenters each month will discuss INRC-supported projects.

Soil health will be the focus of the September 14 presenters: 

INRC Spring 2022 Water Quality Research Seminar Series: Focus on Phosphorus
Presenter: Chad Penn is a soil chemist with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service and Purdue University..

INRC Spring 2022 Water Quality Research Seminar Series: Focus on Phosphorus
Presenter: Barbara Cade-Menun is a research scientist, with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Swift Current, SK, Canada

INRC Spring 2022 Water Quality Research Seminar Series: Focus on Phosphorus
Presenter: Justin Chaffin is research coordinator of Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant of The Ohio State University.