Tending Iowa's land : pathways to a sustainable future /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2022.
Series:	Bur oak book.
Subjects:	Environmental protection > Iowa > Planning. Sustainable agriculture > Iowa. Air quality > Iowa. Water quality > Iowa. Climatic changes > Iowa. Biodiversity > Iowa. Iowa > Environmental conditions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Iowa's life and land : a brief history / Cornelia F. Mutel
The root of our problems : Iowa's degraded soils / Kathleen Woida
Farming for the future : a personal story / Ken Fawcett
Slurries of sediment : the problem of soil erosion / Keith E. Schilling
Working with Mother Earth : a personal story / Seth Watkins
Pushing the limits : the intensification of agriculture / Christopher S. Jones
Farming my values : a personal story / Levi Lyle
The regenerative agriculture movement : a vision for the future / Lisa Schulte Moore
Loving the lakes : water as a recreational asset / Mary P. Skopec
Creating Iowa Project AWARE : a personal story / Brian Soenen
Tracing the trends : improving Iowa's water quality / Keith E. Schilling and Christopher S. Jones
Arsenic in the well : a personal Story / Brian Hanft
Rising rivers, raising resilience : flooding in Iowa / Witold F. Krajewski
Conserving the family farm : Pat's Story / Jim Furnish
Water-centered land management : a vision for the future / Larry Weber
A healthier, more functional planet : global implications of climate change / Charles O. Stanier
Forty-five minutes of sheer terror : a personal story / Carole Teator
Choosing a better future : climate change in Iowa / William J. Gutowski, Jr.
Clean energy at the universal-local level : a personal story / Andrew Johnson
Ongoing transformation : climate change and agriculture / Eugene S. Takle
Curtailing climate change on the farm : a personal story / Francis Thicke
A soft landing for climate change : a vision for the future / Gregory R. Carmichael
The ties that bind : biodiversity's critical importance / Elizabeth A. Lynch
Preserving the fen : a personal story / Rebecca L. Kauten
Knitting it back together : Iowa's tallgrass prairie / Pauline Drobney
Making a difference : a personal story / Ronald Eckoff
Survival struggles, survival hopes : wildlife in Iowa / James L. Pease
Wild calls for help : a personal story / Marlene Warren Ehresman
Iowa's rich biodiversity legacy : a vision for the future / Thomas Rosburg
Regenerating our future : a call to action / Jerald L. Schnoor.