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 National Institute of Food and Agriculture's National Water 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.

Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University, addresses the Heartland Regional Water Conference on the importance of indigenous knowledge for guiding environmental action. October 27, 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)