Watershed Improvement

Current Watershed Improvement Grant Opportunities

11/16/2020 - There are no open grant opportunities with the Watershed Improvement Section at this time.

Watershed Improvement in Iowa

• Organizing Local Efforts
• For Landowners
• For All Iowans

 

Starting an effort: an overview Taking the first step: Local efforts Community watershed improvement framework for lakes  List of funding sources

 

 

 

List of funding sources Learn more about conservation practices (from Iowa NRCS) DNR Private Lands Biologists DNR Forestry Landowner Assistance Find a Watershed Management Authority near you

 

 

 

 

Learn about water quality problems and solutions  Volunteer water monitoring Water Quality Improvement Plans (TMDLs) What you can do in your home (from U.S. EPA) Backyard and urban conservation (from Iowa NRCS)

Watershed News

• Nonpoint Source Program Fact Sheet
  

• Upcoming public meetings
• Public Perceptions of Water Quality in Iowa: A Statewide Survey | Survey results
• Lyons Creek Watershed Project: Lessons Learned from Partner and Participant Reflections
• Clean Water Starts With Us (ARCHIVE) e-newsletter (Discontinued as of 2015, archive of back issues available)

Get Involved

Learn how communities can come together to reduce flood risk and improve water quality by forming a Watershed Management Authority.

Planning for Water Quality
Learn more about Iowa's Nonpoint Source Management Plan

Iowa Watershed Successes

Learn about how Iowans are improving the land for better water quality, including projects to improve trout fishing, to protect mussels, to give new life to well-loved recreational lakes and rivers, and more in our annual booklet, Working for Clean Water.

More Iowa watershed successes from the U.S. EPA