To work with members, partners and River Citizens to advance state-level work aimed at reducing nutrient runoff in Illinois and Iowa and to orient grassroots support for Mississippi River conservation throughout the basin
To support efforts to develop partnerships between urban areas and farmers to improve water quality to meet drinking water standards and avoid water treatment downstream in Illinois and Iowa
To help launch the Mosaic project, which will invest in strengthening field-wide connections and shared resources that enable people and organizations to work together
To synthesize and distribute lessons learned, and to ensure the long-term stewardship (monitoring and maintenance) of work to restore riparian systems in the Colorado River basin
2019
Environment
$350,000
Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation, Inc.
Advancing grassroots support for conservation action in Iowa, including watershed planning and implementation of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy
Sponsorship for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to advance the implementation of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and to assist the foundation in tracking federal agricultural policy and funding
