Ashlee Johannes
Outreach Coordinator
As the flood resilience program coordinator, Ashlee facilitates and communicates flood resilience activities with IWA watersheds, partnering organizations, and other stakeholders.
Outreach Coordinator
As the flood resilience program coordinator, Ashlee facilitates and communicates flood resilience activities with IWA watersheds, partnering organizations, and other stakeholders.
2018 Iowa Watershed Approach Story Map
In The NewsIowa Watershed Approach consults farmers, seeks volunteers
In The News, North RaccoonStorm Lake Pilot Tribune 12/10/2018 — The Iowa Watershed Approach Program is conferring with farmers and landowners, attempting to gather enough land to make conservation initiatives viable with about $2.5 million in grant money. With the highest nitrate concentration of any stream of its size in North America, the North Raccoon River Watershed is the target […]
UI experts, Dubuque officials improve city’s flood resilience one home at a time
Dubuque/Bee Branch, In The News, SpotlightDaily Erosion Project Data Available Now
In The NewsAmes, Iowa – The Daily Erosion Project, housed at the Iowa Water Center at Iowa State University, is now distributing Iowa Watershed Approach data to watersheds on USB drives. Examining soil erosion is critical to the conservation planning process because soil erosion and water runoff are closely linked: water runoff fuels the occurrence of flooding […]
Geological mapping could help flood relief plans in the future
In The NewsURBANA, Iowa (KCRG) – What happens upstream of Cedar Rapids can make the flood protection along the Cedar River vary. Farmers’ willingness to divert runoff from the river is also another key factor. Determining the best location for drainage basins or new ponds to slow water runoff could get a boost from what’s called “geological mapping.” […]