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


Expanding the Value of Ag Conservation Programs for Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Iowa 

Wednesday, February 5 | 12:00pm

Virtual

In the webinar, “Expanding the Value of Ag Conservation Programs for Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Iowa,” Justin Meissen, research program manager, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, will provide an overview of the current state of Iowa’s Monarch Conservation Strategy, the recommendation for listing monarchs as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and the importance of direct action in CRP acres that is crucial to recovery of butterfly populations. He will explore the monarch habitat value of existing CRP plantings and discuss research on effective approaches to enhancing low-diversity grass stands by seeding milkweed and nectar plants essential for monarch habitat.

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Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Workshop

Thursday, February 6 | 12:00pm-2:00pm

Ames, 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 leader of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, John Pleasants, Iowa State University Adjunct Associate Professor in Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, and Dr. Jon Dahlem, Iowa State University postdoctoral research associate.

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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.

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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.

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