Photo by Omar de Kok-Mercado/STRIPS
Project Team
Collaborators
- Andrew Little
- Iris McFarlin
- Ron Seymour
- Julie Peterson
Funding Source
Main goals of the project:
To implement prairie strips on University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research and Extension Centers as a part of a larger initiative to expand the footprint of prairie strips across the Midwest.
Why is this research needed?
In recent years, agricultural landscapes have experienced increased soil loss, declining wildlife populations, and water quality and quantity issues. Prairie strips are a new conservation tool that have been shown to provide benefits to producers like reduced soil runoff, water runoff, and chemical runoff while also providing habitat for native insects and wildlife.
How will this research help?
By establishing prairie strips at University Research and Extension Centers, we can help producers visualize what prairie strips could look like in agricultural landscapes from eastern to western Nebraska.
To Learn more about the STRIPS project, see: https://www.nrem.iastate.edu/research/STRIPS/
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