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Basic No-Till Garden Recipe (PDF) - Featuring Sheila O'Riley, The Ugly Gardener
Organic Material Used for No-Till Gardens (PDF)
Grow and Construct a Gourd Birdhouse (PDF)

Backyard Conservation

  • General Information for Homeowners, Urban and Suburban Land User

Urban Conservation

  • Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) Urban Conservation Program
  • Rain Gardens
  • Iowa Rain Garden Design and Installation Manual (PDF, 5.8 MB)
  • Rain Garden - How to Guide Sheets (PDF, 7.8 MB)
  • Rainscaping Iowa - Landscapes for Cleaner Water
  • Urban Conservation Brochure (2.2 MB) - "Conservation Strategies for Growing Communities"
  • Urban Conservation Fact Sheets
  • Video of Porous Asphalt (MPG, 4 MB) (Courtesy of Grimes Asphalt and Paving Corp.)

Urban Conservation Feature Stories

  • Downtown Cedar Rapids' First Green Roof (Cedar Rapids)
  • Rain Gardens Growing Trend in Pottawattamie County (Council Bluffs)
  • Iowa NRCS Assists Engineering Firm with Pollution Problem (West Des Moines)   
  • Loess Hills Residential Development Retains Rain (PDF) (Glenwood)
  • WIRB Grant Helps Stream Rehab on UNI Campus (PDF) (Cedar Falls)    
  • Iowa School for the Deaf Ready for Rain (PDF) (Council Bluffs)
  • USDA Service Center Installs Three Rain Gardens (Council Bluffs)
  • Greenwood Elementary Installs Rain Garden (Des Moines)
  • Homeowners Asked to Protect McLoud Run Trout (Cedar Rapids)

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