Completed Competitive Grant

Some alternatives for multiple use land management in southern Iowa

Project ID: 2003-P1

Abstract

Information was gathered by a conservation group to aid the Southern Iowa Development and Conservation Authority in creative planning for future land management.

Key Question: How can agriculture and recreation interests find ways to cooperatively share or protect unique lands?

Findings: By moving beyond past practices and embracing new solutions and partnerships to manage Iowa landscapes.

Lead investigator: Mark Ackelson, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Year of grant completion: 2004

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Policy Initiative.

Topics: Integrated crop-livestock systems and diversity, Policy, Wildlife and recreation

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