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Through the IWA, Iowans are working together to address factors that contribute to floods. --- Follow us on Facebook and Instagram: @IWAReduceFloods
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http://www.iowawatershedapproach.org 13-09-2016 15:55:05
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Attending the SWCS Conference next week in Denver? A few IWA Partners are presenting! Be sure to stop in and say hello, or send us a message to connect! #SWCS22 Iowa DNR City of Cedar Rapids Iowa Flood Center



This Iowa crew had a great time presenting and attending the #SWCS22 conference in Denver this week! Well done Soil and Water Conservation Society! Iowa Flood Center IIHR Iowa DNR Dubuque County Iowa City of Dubuque eric schmechel


Huge thank you to City of Dubuque and Mayor Mayor Brad Cavanagh for hosting AFC, #FederalChampion Ashley Hinson and Iowa Flood Center on our tour of the Bee Branch Watershed watershed. More on this innovative project: bit.ly/3Al2O3g


Great water management tour put on by Heartland Coop! Thanks for the invite Ruth McCabe. Always great to discuss practices and Iowa Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship opportunities for adoption. This wetland was an @IAWaterApprch site!


Larry Weber, co-founder of the Iowa Flood Center and lead for IWA, joined the @EnglishRiverWMA on a project tour this morning at Lake Iowa. This w/s installed over 350 practices, w/32 landowners, and treated nearly 1,800 acres, at an investment of $4.1M. Engineer: French-Reneker


Today Larry Weber, the Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, accepted a three-year appointment as Director of IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering. Welcome back, Larry! UIowa Engineering Iowa Flood Center IowaGeologicalSurvey


Congratulations to IWA Partners Ross Evelsizer, @KatieRockIA, and Susan Kozak for being named "Iowa's New Voices in Water Quality" by the Conservation Learning Group at ISU Extension and Outreach. Northeast Iowa RC&D Iowa Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Read more here: tinyurl.com/239eh5bj


Don't miss out on this year's Iowa Water Conference in Dubuque! There is a full track all about IWA! Also, don't miss the pre-conference Field of Dreams/Dyersville tour! Register here: regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/iwc2022/ Iowa Water Center



This streambank stabilization project was installed in Coralville Iowa , along Biscuit Creek, a small tributary to the Clear Creek Watershed. Located near a high-traffic trail. Those larger stones create a fun creek access area for all ages. Nice design @EORinc and CGA!





Congratulations to the stakeholders in the Upper Iowa watershed for implementing several flood mitigation projects in a challenging landscape (karst and sinkholes). These projects will leave a legacy for many generations! Northeast Iowa RC&D decorahnews.com/news/7206/uppe…

Though funding for IWA has ended the framework and partnerships remain. View our final Story Map, a quick glimpse of major impacts that have left a legacy for a more flood-resilient landscape and communities. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1f5fd6… IIHR Iowa Flood Center Iowa Economic Development Authority


Congrats to the Middle Cedar WMA on their 2023 Communicator Awards Award of Excellence for the Conservation Impacts Magazine. View the magazine here: tinyurl.com/mr4xvmaz Designer: Benson & Hepker Design Editors/Authors: Jen Fencl, Mary Beth Stevenson, Kate Giannini (Kate Giannini)
