Big Spring Basin Demonstration Project 1986-1992
Agriculture and Groundwater - The view from Big Spring - A report on northeast Iowa groundwater from
the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bureau
Big Spring: Farming from the Ground "Water" Up: Evolution of a Water Quality Project from: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Nonpoint-Source Monitoring Workshop, Field Trip 2, by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bureau, September 23, 1998.
The Big Spring Basin Demonstration Project by the Dept. of Natural Resources, Energy and Geological Resources Division Geological Survey Bureau
The implementation project in the Big Spring Basin received funding from USDA Farm Service Agency's Agricultural Conservation Program; the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation; the Iowa Integrated Farm Management Demonstration Project funded by U.S. Department of Energy through the the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Agricultural Energy Management Advisory Council; the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act; Iowa State University Extension. Monitoring in the Big Spring Basin received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII.
Field Staff:
- Roger Koster, ISU Extension, Project Coordinator
- Nick Rolling, ISU Extension, Manure Management Specialist
- Kathie Bentley, Iowa State University Extension, Information Specialist
- George R. Hallberg, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bureau, Monitoring Project Leader
- David Gibney, NRCS District Conservationist, Clayton County Soil and Water Conservation District
For additional information contact Susan Brown, Agronomy Extension Water Quality Program Specialist.