jody bailey, watershed coordinator
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Planning Kickoff / Open House Event March 27, 2014
Jody Bailey, English River Watershed Coordinator
Source: KidsGeo.com
• ~627 mi² • 401,000 acres • 15 communities • 6 counties
Source: Iowa Geological & Water Survey
Iowa’s Major Watersheds
Flooding
Erosion
Nutrients
Photo Credit: Upper Iowa River Watershed
Photo Credit: Larry Stone, Gazette
Source: IDNR (2013)
Counties Keokuk
Washington Iowa
Johnson Mahaska
Poweshiek
Cities Barnes City
Grinnell Kalona
Keswick Riverside Wellman
Deep River Gibson
Guernsey Kinross
Millersburg Montezuma
North English Parnell Webster
Conservation Districts Iowa
Johnson Keokuk
Poweshiek Washington
Mahaska
Photo Credit: Steve Berger
• Partner with technical organizations to identify scope of needed improvements
• Increase voluntary conservation through
education & engagement
• Provide technical and financial support for businesses / individual landowners
• Leverage resources for
watershed-scale projects
Photo Credit: Steve Berger
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• Educate • Engage • Assess
• Physical environment inventory • Hydrologic modeling • Water quality • Social survey
• Plan for Improvements
• What are the issues? • What can be done to increase voluntary conservation projects?
(funding, education, technical assistance, etc.)
• Ask your elected officials to join WMA
• Serve as a
representative • Attend meetings • Join the Community
Advisory Team • Host a tour of
conservation practices on your land
• Suggest event ideas • Sign up for updates
through website / coordinator
Photo Credit: Steve Berger