2018 STRIPS Landowner Report
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Christopher Witte
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Technical Staff
STRIPS Field Activities Manager, Research Associate I, Iowa State University
Area of Expertise:
Hydrology, Water Quality
Program Evaluation of a Workshop on Prairie Strips for Farm Advisors: Framing the Co-Occurring Outcomes of Low Knowledge Acquisition and High Confidence
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Missouri Prairie Journal talks STRIPS
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(March, 2014) Scientist Lisa Schulte Moore published an article about the benefits of STRIPS in the spring edition of the Missouri Prairie Journal. Read more here! Read more about Missouri Prairie Journal talks STRIPS
Challenge #2: Reduced Water Quality
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Challenge #2: Reduced Water Quality
Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, and suspended soil sediments have greatly diminished water quality (USEPA, 2017a). Polluted water with unusually high concentrations of dissolved or suspended materials, or small amounts of highly toxic materials can be detrimental and sometimes even deadly to living things. Civilization has many uses for and is dependent on high-quality water (Troeh et al., 2004).
Major agricultural contributions to reduced water quality include: Read more about Challenge #2: Reduced Water Quality
Exciting New Partnership between Eastern Iowa Airport, Iowa State University & the University of Iowa
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(February, 2015) STRIPS team is now working with Eastern Iowa Airport and the University of Iowa to achieve both water quality and homegrown bioenergy production goals. Read more about Exciting New Partnership between Eastern Iowa Airport, Iowa State University & the University of Iowa
Comparing Infiltration Between Prairie Strips and Row Crop Fields Across Iowa
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Comparing Infiltration Between Prairie Strips and Row Crop Fields Across Iowa with Iowa Learning Farms
August 16, 2023 with Eric Hennings Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University Read more about Comparing Infiltration Between Prairie Strips and Row Crop Fields Across Iowa
Polk County has an aggressive plan to clean up its water. Could it work for the rest of Iowa?
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Haleigh N Summers
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Project Alumni
Graduate Assistant
Area of Expertise:
Sustainable Agriculture
Michelle Soupir
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Investigators
Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
STRIPS Antimicrobial Resistance Lead
Area of Expertise:
Water Quality, fecal indicator bacteria, antibiotic resistance