James Martin, watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
Upcoming Clear Creek events
- Women landowners workshop:
May 28
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tiffin Fire Station meeting room, 221 Main St., Tiffin
- Riparian buffer field day:
July 23,
5:30 p.m.
- Pasture walk:
(date tba)
Clear Creek Women Landowners Meeting and Field Day
Women landowners in the Clear Creek watershed (stretching from Conroy to Coralville) are invited to the Clear Creek Women Landowners Meeting and Field Day on Thursday, May 28 from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. beginning at the Tiffin Fire Station meeting room (221 Main St., Tiffin).
Women will gather with conservation staff, listen to a presentation by Abbe Hills farmer Laura Krouse, and tour local farms to view conservation practices in action.
This event, sponsored by the Clear Creek Watershed Enhancement Project, is free and open to the public. Bring yourself, your conservation questions, and some outdoor footwear, and we will provide the rest.
If you're interested in attending the meeting or in conservation more generally, please consider completing our very brief pre-meeting survey available at:
http://tinyurl.com/clearcreekwomen.
Field Day flyer and survey (*.pdf)
Meade working to protect Clear Creek
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Robert Meade's father installed one of the first conservation practices in the Deer Creek, a tributary to the Clear Creek watershed in 1953. Today,
Meade is continuing his father's effort and working to save the soil and water for future generations.
Farming just west of Iowa City, Meade and his wife, Lee, raise cattle, corn and beans. Their sons farm nearby on
land that has been in the family since 1860.
"It's nice to see the ground farmed so it's able to be passed down," Meade said.
Read more about Meade (*.pdf)
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