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Clear30 water pilot program preview
Nationwide CLEAR30 Pilot
The Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers initiative offers 30-year contracts through its CLEAR30 pilot. FSA introduced this pilot in 2020, originally focused on 12 states in the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay watershed. CLEAR30 is now available nationwide.
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Webpage overview of bioreactors
Bioreactor Facts
A bioreactor is a buried trench on the edge of a farm field that is traditionally filled with woodchips. Agricultural drainage tiles outlet into the woodchips where bacteria convert tile water nitrate-nitrogen into nitrogen gas.
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Video about bioreactors for watersheds
The Boone River Watershed: How Bioreactors Make a Difference
Farmers are stewards of the land, and in Iowa's Boone River watershed, they're working with The Nature Conservancy to improve water quality and wildlife habitat, while maintaining productive yields.
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Watershed Basics webpage
Watershed Basics
Learn about what a watershed is and how it works, what the problems are and how we can work to fix them and what you and your neighbors can do to help our lakes and streams.
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Farmers in Action
Farmers in Action | Conservation Counts
Farmers are taking a collaborative, comprehensive approach to improving water quality by adopting research-based conservation practices that best fit their farms.
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