Heartland Regional Water Quality Coordination Initiative

The Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative is a partnership of Iowa State University, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the USDA CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program and US EPA Region 7. The goal of the Heartland Initiative is to build institutional partnerships and increase the capacity of citizens, educators, agencies and community leaders to better address water quality concerns. Heartland programs make research, education and extension resources of the land grant universities more accessible to efforts on regional priority water issues. See also links to other National Program-sponsored projects in the Heartland.

UPCOMING REGIONAL TRAINING:

Conservation Planning - Training for Technical Service Providers, November 16-20, 2009

National Program Leader Mike O'Neill presents certificate of appreciation to Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture at the CSREES National Water Conference, February 10, 2009.

Priority Issues and Regional Web sites for further information and resources:

• Heartland Initiative progress reports New Impact evaluation of Animal Manure Management and Nutrient and Pesticide Management teams.
• Animal Manure Management issue team
• Human Dimensions
• Nutrient Management issue team
• Watershed Management issue team
• Other Water  Research and Extension projects in the Heartland States

Recent Heartland Regional Publications:

• Antibiotic Use in Animal Production: Environmental Concerns
• Targeting of Watershed Management Practices for Water Quality Protection
• Pesticide Management for Water Quality Protection in the Midwest 
• Heartland publications on Use of Distillers Grains in Animal Feed
• Regional Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water  (Link to Region and State Reports)