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 Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service and U S 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. The Heartland Initiative is supported by the USDA CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program. See also links to other National Program-sponsored projects in the Heartland.

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.

Please visit the Priority Issues and Regional Web sites for further information and resources:

• Heartland Initiative progress reports
• Animal Manure Management issue team
• Nutrient and Pesticide Management issue team
• Community Involvement in Watershed Management team
• Other Water  Research and Extension projects in the Heartland States

Heartland Regional Publications:

New Targeting of Watershed Management Practices for Water Quality Protection

 

New 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)