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NRCS Funding Available for Quail Habitat Practices in Southern Iowa

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Conservationists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are encouraging Iowa landowners with marginal cropland or land adjacent to trees, brush and pasture to seed down native warm-season grasses to benefit the northern bobwhite quail and other wildlife.

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Demo Farm Produces Next Generation of Caterpillar Caretakers

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From learning-by-doing to shining example, father-and-son farming team Roger and Brian Karrels joined the Ozaukee Demonstration Farm Network in showcasing what conservation practices and welcoming vital pollinators can do for soil health and crop yields.

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Culturally Informed Land Restoration

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Inspired by the history of the land he stewards and driven by his desire to connect more deeply with his family’s traditional cultural relationships with the land, Damian Vraniak has worked for the past 30 years to restore the savanna and prairie land once owned by his grandfather.