Don't miss this seminar...

Anatomy of the Flood –Preparing for the Future – Seminar

The Iowa Floods of 2008 are receding into history, but information gleaned from the disaster can help mitigate against future floods.

A two-hour session on “Anatomy of Iowa Floods:  Preparing for the Future” will be held on Thursday, Sept. 30 in Rathbun, Iowa at the Honey Creek Resort State Park. Topics will include climate change trends in Iowa precipitation and run-off; floodplain management strategies; rural-urban watershed coalition building; water quality; the work of the Iowa Flood Center; and a review of public policy issues. 

This seminar is hosted by the University of Iowa’s Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, Rebuild Iowa Office, University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa League of Cities and the Iowa State Association of Counties.

If you can't make this seminar, please keep an eye on the blog for posts of future events, and please check out A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008 edited by Cornelia F. Mutel.

Fragrant conflower

Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Asteraceae, daisy family

From The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest
by Dave Williams | illustrations by Brent Butler

Lecture, “A Watershed Year: Flooding in Iowa”

Please join us for Cornelia F. Mutel's lecture, “A Watershed Year:  Flooding in Iowa” on Thursday, September 23, 7:00 PM at the University of Iowa Explorers Lecture Series.



Location: Biosphere Discovery Hub, Macbride Hall (on the University of Iowa Pentacrest) in Iowa City.

Cornelia F. Mutel is the editor of A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008

This Week in Iowa Nature

Swarms of blackbirds, staging for their flight south, swirl in unison through the sky.

Jean C. Prior and James Sandrock, The Iowa Nature Calendar

Plant of the Week

New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus L.
other common names: red root, mountain sweet, wild snowball, wild pepper, spangles, walpalo tea
Ceanothus: an ancient name, the meaning of which is lost in antiquity
Americanus: meaning “of America”
Buckthorn family: Rhamnaceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition

UI Explorers Lecture Series opens with talk on Iowa flooding Sept. 23

 http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2010/september/091410explorers_lectures.html

Cornelia F. Mutel, A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008

Don't miss this seminar...

Anatomy of the Flood –Preparing for the Future – Seminar

The Iowa Floods of 2008 are receding into history, but information gleaned from the disaster can help mitigate against future floods.

A two-hour session on “Anatomy of Iowa Floods:  Preparing for the Future” will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Red Oak, Iowa at the Montgomery County Historical Society building. Topics will include climate change trends in Iowa precipitation and run-off; floodplain management strategies; rural-urban watershed coalition building; water quality; the work of the Iowa Flood Center; and a review of public policy issues. 

This seminar is hosted by the University of Iowa’s Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, Rebuild Iowa Office, University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa League of Cities and the Iowa State Association of Counties.

If you can't make this seminar, please keep an eye on the blog for posts of future events, and please check out A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008 edited by Cornelia F. Mutel.