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Iowa Learning Farms Conservation Webinar - Wetland Ecosystem Services

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Iowa Learning Farms will host conservation webinar on Wednesday, May 20 at 12:00 P.M. CST.

Topic: “Wetland Ecosystem Services: How Wetlands can Benefit Iowans” 

Speaker: Kay Stefanik, Assistant Director, Iowa Nutrient Research Center

Wetlands are important for all life in Iowa, due to the many ecosystem services they provide, such as water quality improvement, flood control and wildlife habitat. Since European settlement, Iowa has lost almost 90% of its wetland habitat, making it imperative that we both protect the wetlands that are left and find ways to create and restore critical wetland habitat.

Kay Stefanik, Assistant Director of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, will highlight the importance of wetlands and will introduce the different types of natural, created and restored wetlands that can be found in Iowa.

“I hope that webinar participants will take away a greater appreciate for wetlands in Iowa, as well as a desire to better protect wetland ecosystems from future harm,” said Stefanik, whose expertise is in wetland and aquatic ecology, where she has studied vegetation succession in created and restored wetlands, as well as nutrient cycling.


HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 
Shortly before 12:00 pm: click the link below or type this web address into your internet browser:

https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172
 
Or, join via phone:

    Dial:  312-626-6799 
    Meeting ID: 364 284 172

This event will be recorded and archived on the Iowa Learning Farms website.