Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour: Flood Control—Urban and Farm Conservation Practices

Title Date Duration
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Monitoring Flooding in Iowa: Dr. Nathan Young, Associate Director, The Iowa Flood Center, provides an update on the Center's capabilities to tour participants at the Charles City Library. September 13, 2011 Play 00:17:43
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Charles City's rapids on the Cedar River: An on-sight overview of the Charles City "kayak course" developed on the Cedar River as it flows through town. Presentation was by Tom Brownlow, Charles City's Administrator. September 13, 2011 Play 00:07:10
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Urban Flood Control: An on-sight overview of the Charles City "permeable paving" as a flood prevention measure in a flood-prone area of the community. Presentation was by Tom Brownlow, Charles City's Administrator. September 13, 2011 Play 00:16:24
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: An on-sight overview of a flood mitigation project on a farm near Nashua, Iowa. Presentation by Shawn Richmond, Iowa CREP Coordinator and Richard Lemke, Chief, Water Resource Board. September 13, 2011 Play 00:21:07
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Wetland Reserve Program: Mike Webster, Wetland Specialist with the NRCS, tells about the wetland reserve program in Iowa. The presentation was made at the Norman Borlaug Center near Nashua, Iowa. September 13, 2011 Play 00:04:40
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Soil Filtration Demonstrations: Aaron Andrews provides commentary for a soil filtration demonstration including four different soil types and permeable paving. The demonstration was devised at Iowa State University. The demonstration was at the Norman Borlaug Center near Nashua, Iowa. September 13, 2011 Play 00:04:41
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Nitrogen Bioreactor: An experiment in land drainage and nitrogen filtration is explained by Laura Christianson, a graduate student at Iowa State University, and Ken Kecinovsky, manager of the ISU Experimental Farm at the Norman Borlaug Center near Nashua, Iowa. September 13, 2011 Play 00:12:12
Upper Cedar River Watershed Tour—Farm Tour: Richard Sloan explains conservation practices—provision for water run-off, contouring, use of berms, and other practices—he and his brother use on their farm near Rowley, Iowa. September 13, 2011 Play 00:30:19