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Iowa State University Advances Saturated Riparian Buffers as a Promising Water-quality Practice for Crop Fields

December 17, 2018

A new technology for cleansing nutrients from water leaving Iowa’s tile-drained fields began with two Iowa State University researchers brainstorming after a professional meeting. Their “back of the napkin” discussion in 2010 led to development of saturated riparian buffers, a new conservation practice that is rapidly gaining interest in Iowa and far beyond.

Focus on the Future: Students & Their Contributions to Water Quality Research - November 8, 2023

Topics and Presenters:

Saturated riparian buffer designs: how  this best management practice accelerates water quality benefits and career opportunities.
- Tyler Groh
, Assistant Research Professor and Watershed Management Extension Specialist at Penn State University, former postdoc for ISU's Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. 

Sediment and Nutrient Dynamics of Beaver Dam Complexes on the Des Moines Lobe, Iowa
- Andrew Rupiper –Graduate Research Assistant (MS), Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, in the Billy Beck Lab