(2009) Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement: Landowner Guide to CREP, October 2009. Agriculture and Land Stewardship
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Abstract
Strategically located and designed wetlands constructed through the Iowa CREP are one of the most promising off-site strategies for reducing surface water contamination. Research conducted at Iowa State University has demonstrated that targeted wetlands have the potential to remove 40-90% of the nitrate in tile drainage from upper-lying croplands. The effect of wetlands on watershed scale nitrate reduction is largely determined by the fraction of the watershed’s total nitrate load that the wetlands intercept.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | CREP, Wetlands, Conservation, Landowner |
| Subjects: | Agriculture and food production Agriculture and food production > Farmlands Natural resources and environment > Water resources > Wetlands |
| ID Code: | 37765 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 24 Aug 2021 15:45 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2021 15:45 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/37765 |