• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Upper Mississippi River Initiative
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Vision & Mission
    • Our Roots
    • Our Team
  • Conservation Efforts
    • Iowa
    • Minnesota
  • Donate
  • Events
  • Resources
  • Contact
Select Page

Is it spring yet and related water questions

by Christine | Mar 31, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

E. coli takes center stage, stream and ditch monitoring, success stories E. coli in the Cedar River in Iowa ? Izaak Walton League chapter members are crossing borders from Minnesota to Iowa to learn more about the E. coli that also pays no heed to boundaries. The...

Winter workshops for cold weather learning

by Christine | Feb 28, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

Worthwhile watching and listening – soil and water health in action, conservation from afar, mulling Carbon sequestration versus ecosystem health legislation Workshops of Late Like many farmers this season, I’ve been “attending” workshops online in place of the more...

That journal article, ditch work any month, winter watching

by Christine | Jan 31, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

Covering the soil could fix so much plus getting stream certified and other winter projects Cover the soil to help repair agriculture… I want to revisit this topic via the article referenced last month, now published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation...

A journal article, tis the season for salt and bugs

by Christine | Dec 31, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

The words it takes to explain regenerative grazing as an answer to so much that ails us, plus Salt Watch and stream monitoring promos. Grazing to help repair agriculture… And not just agriculture. Washed out roads, good soil in the wrong place, chemicals in your well...

The power of managed grazing by any name, add cover crops and a song, water monitoring, and partners make the world go ‘round…

by Christine | Nov 30, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

Managed grazing is now (and always has been) regenerative grazing – some new pieces on this and related plus a cover crops song and always, citizen scientists who rock!   Managed grazing for saving money and building soil Remember when your grandpa just raised...

A grazing exchange, fly patterns, and a free Fall Gathering

by Christine | Oct 31, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota

Scud fly patterns based on nature, a pilot project to protect soil and water, the launch of the Midwest Grazing Exchange, and a free Women in Sustainable Agriculture conference…right up there with three seasons of weather wrapped into four October weeks!    Fall...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • Opening up for Spring, Farmer Conservation Awards & More Watershed Advocates
  • Is it spring yet and related water questions
  • Honoring Conservationists
  • Winter workshops for cold weather learning
  • Sharing Stories & More Watershed Champions

Iowa

  • Opening up for Spring, Farmer Conservation Awards & More Watershed Advocates
  • Honoring Conservationists
  • Sharing Stories & More Watershed Champions

Minnesota

  • Is it spring yet and related water questions
  • Winter workshops for cold weather learning
  • That journal article, ditch work any month, winter watching

Learn More

Visit the Ikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnI4_NHI-Wc

The Izaak Walton League’s

Upper Mississippi River Initiative

6601 Auto Club Road

Bloomington, MN 55438

Email: umri.info@gmail.com

Phone: (651) 221-0215

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram