Farming for Untroubled Waters: Time, Tools Make a Difference

May 2011

Bear Creek Watershed, a nationally recognized project by the USDA in Story County, Iowa, has 20 years of research under its belt. The research done there involves riparian buffers, and how they benefit the surrounding land and water. Hear from Iowa State researcher Tom Isenhart and what he hopes to learn from two new projects at the site in part I/III of our Bear Creek series, "Farming for Untroubled Waters." Filmed November 2010. News release

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