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![I’m Janet Borchardt, the new Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist covering Winneshiek, Allamakee, Fayette, and Clayton counties! I graduated from Luther College in 2024, where I studied biology and […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PF-36x36.png "New Pheasants Forever Biologist")
New Pheasants Forever Biologist
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![Japanese Knotweed has become an invasive menace in Allamakee County over the last 15+ years. This bamboo look-alike is found along many streams in the county and spreads rapidly. The […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/knotweed-36x36.png "Japanese Knotweed Control")
Japanese Knotweed Control
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![CRP fields undergo status reviews at least 2 times during the contract length. NRCS typically conducts these reviews in year 4 and year 9. The year 4 check is to […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CRP_photos-36x36.png "CRP status reviews")
CRP status reviews
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![There are a lot of unwanted shrubs, trees, and weeds that grow up on properties. It can be difficult to stay ahead of them, especially on ground that you may […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/weeds-36x36.png "Management of Weeds and Unwanted Trees and Shrubs")
Management of Weeds and Unwanted Trees and Shrubs
Posted on July 10, 2020 | No Comments -
![Earthworms are well-known, but we don’t often think about what they do for our soils. A large proportion of soil passes through the guts of earthworms. Earthworms eat microorganisms, but […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/worm_holes-36x36.png "Earthworm Channels")
Earthworm Channels
Posted on July 24, 2019 | No Comments
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Media & Publications
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![These photos show the rain garden from construction through what the plants looked like in the spring of 2012. Some of the plants look a little sparse this year […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Planted-Rain-Garden1-115x115.jpg "Watch the rain garden grow")
Watch the rain garden grow
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsThese photos show the rain garden from construction through what the plants looked like in the spring of 2012. Some of the plants look a little sparse this year […] -
Conservation Kids
Posted on February 11, 2011 | No CommentsRead about the water monitoring efforts of these local 6th graders. -
Indian Springs Pond
Posted on December 30, 2010 | No CommentsIndian Springs pond is located in the Waukon city park and receives drainage from 986 acres of agricultural land and 294 acres from the city of Waukon. -
Waterloo Creek
Posted on December 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe Waterloo Creek watershed is a renowned cold water stream and trout fishery that is a picturesque 30,905 acre sub-watershed of the Upper Iowa River. -
Articles & Publications
Posted on December 28, 2010 | No CommentsCrop notes and news releases. -
Photographs
Posted on December 28, 2010 | No CommentsLook at what we've been doing. New pictures from Conservation Education Day 2025! -
Videos
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ISU Extension Publications
Posted on November 16, 2010 | No CommentsISU Extension publications on various agricultural retated topics realeased in Brian Lang's Crop Notes -
Landowner Conducts Stream Bank Erosion Study
Posted on November 16, 2010 | No CommentsRead about this method for measuring erosion.