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Home » Iowa Soybean Association, NRCS and partners accepting applicants in $25.8M North Raccoon Watershed improvement project
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Iowa Soybean Association, NRCS and partners accepting applicants in $25.8M North Raccoon Watershed improvement project

Project brings together upstream and downstream interests to address on-farm and regional natural resource concerns in the priority Iowa watershed

PUBLISHED ON November 30, 2021

Farmers and landowners in the North Raccoon River Watershed are now eligible for a significant boost in funding assistance for conservation practices on their properties. (Photo Credit: Iowa Soybean Association)

ANKENY, Iowa — Farmers and landowners in the North Raccoon River Watershed are now eligible for a significant boost in funding assistance for conservation practices on their properties.

The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and 11 partner organizations including ag retailers, federal and state agencies and the City of Des Moines are moving forward with watershed improvement plans along the North Raccoon River. The activity is the result of a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) award courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS).

The project combines more than $16 million in partner contributions with $9.8 million in RCPP funds to help farmers and landowners implement land management practices to reduce nutrient and sediment volumes from the watershed over the next five years.

“To implement the number of practices involving the number of acres needed to make an impact, resources and partners must be aligned and leveraged,” said Roger Wolf, ISA Director of the Research Center for Farming Innovation. “This project does both.”

Participants in portions of Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Pocahontas, Polk, Sac and Webster counties are eligible for funding supporting conservation activities.

With 85% of watershed land area dedicated to soybean, corn and livestock production, ISA recognizes the symbiotic benefit funding resources present and encourages the nearly 1,800 farmer members of the association located in the project area to apply.

A cover crop cost-share program, as well as financial incentives for nutrient treatment wetlands, saturated buffer systems, bioreactors and oxbow wetland restorations, are now available for farmers and landowners through the project.

The partnership has uniquely positioned conservation specialists in ag retailer locations throughout the project area to minimize participation barriers and guide in practice decisions.

Applications for farmers and landowners residing in the North Raccoon River Watershed are open and will be accepted in an ongoing signup.

All sign up and financial assistance is administered through local NRCS offices. For general inquiries about the project, contact Theo Gunther at tgunther@iasoybeans.com.

— Iowa Soybean Association

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