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Iowa state researchers receive grant for prairie strips project
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Grant will allow scientists to study how prairie strips on farms affect soil over time
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Research Overview
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The STRIPS project began in 2003, when Iowa State University scientists began discussing the opportunity to test the effects of integrating restored prairie in crop fields with managers at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. Together, the scientists and refuge managers established four different treatments on 12 small watersheds at Neal Smith in 2007. As of 2012, we're now also working on a growing number of commercial farm fields across Iowa and northern Missouri. Read more about the research background, farmer collaborators, and research topics here. Read more about Research Overview
Dr. Brian Gelder
Why "infrastructure" includes the ground beneath our feet
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