Engineering Your Farm
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Engineering Your Farm
A Watershed Approach to Water Quality and Flood Mitigation Efforts in Iowa
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Field Agricultural Engineers
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Episode 8
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Listen in as host Brian Dougherty sits down with Dr. Larry Weber from the University of Iowa, John Rathbun, watershed coordinator in Clear Creek Watershed, and Jamie Benning from Iowa State University, to discuss the Iowa Watershed Approach project and related efforts to mitigate flooding and improve water quality in Iowa. Does tile drainage affect flooding? What can we do to improve water quality in Iowa? Listen in and visit https://iowawatershedapproach.org/ to learn more.