Below is a listing of upcoming conservation field days around the state. For a complete listing of future conservation field days, click here.


Upcoming Field Days


Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Workshop

Tuesday, February 11 | 12:00pm-2:00pm

Storm Lake, IA

This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about monarchs and integrating pollinator habitat into Iowa’s landscape. The workshop will be hosted by Katherine Kral-O'Brien, Iowa State University Assistant Professor in Natural Resource Ecology and Management and co-leader of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, and Dr. Jon Dahlem, Iowa State University postdoctoral research associate.

For more information and to RSVP, click here.

 

Can Precision Planting of Cereal Rye Mitigate Corn Seedling Disease and Yield Drag?

Thursday, February 13 | 1:00pm-2:00pm

Virtual

Join for a live discussion with Alison Robertson, Iowa State University Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology Professor, and Peter O’Brien, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Research Agronomist.

For more information and to join, click here.

 

Woodland Management and Water Quality Workshop

Tuesday, February 18 | 12:00pm-2:00pm

Webster City, IA

Hosted by Billy Beck, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Forestry Specialist, and Michelle Soupir, Iowa State University Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the workshop aims to discuss how woodland management and woodchip bioreactors can work together to reduce nitrate and improve water quality. Through an innovative research and demonstration project support by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the team is exploring how traditionally low value timber species perform in woodchip bioreactors in an effort to meet both landowner woodland management and statewide water quality goals.

For more information and to RSVP, click here.

 

Forestry On Tap

Thursday, February 20 | 6:00pm-7:00pm

Indianola, IA 

“Our intent with this event is to help build community through encouraging farmers, landowners, and urban residents to talk about topics important within the community, what keeps them up at night, what challenges they see with conservation practices, and what they want to learn more about,” said Liz Ripley, Iowa Learning Farms conservation and cover crop outreach specialist. “There will be no formal presentations or agenda, just a chance to talk, ask questions, listen and learn while enjoying a beverage and provided food. We are looking forward to learning alongside everyone else who attends.”

For more information and to register, click here.