Comparing ACPF practice placements for runoff mitigation and controlled drainage among 32 watersheds representing Iowa landscapes

This publication evaluated practice-placement options determined using the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) ArcGIS tools for controlled drainage (CD), contour buffer strips (CBS), water and sediment control basins (WASCOBs), and grassed waterways (GWWs) across 32 headwaterRead More…

20Sep/22

Cover of 2015 May/June Journal of Environmental Quality

Classification of Riparian Buffer Design Types with Application to Assess and Map Stream Corridors

This publication presents a system to classify a watershed’s riparian corridors and apply them toward riparian management planning in hydrologic unit code 12 watersheds.

20Sep/22

Cover of the Journal of Environmental Quality from May 2017

Land Use and Field Boundary Database Development and Structure

This publication describes the structure of the ACPF database, which contains land use, crop history, and soils information and is available for download for 6091 HUC12 watersheds located across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and parts of Kansas,Read More…

20Sep/22

ACPF: Watershed applications, research opportunities and training opportunities

This overview article describes the history and development of the ACPF, its role in a watershed approach to agricultural conservation, training and support for the ACPF, and future challenges anticipated as the ACPF is trialed outsideRead More…

20Sep/22

Developing Multipractice Watershed Planning Scenarios and Assessing Nutrient Reduction Potential

A publication that uses a watershed simulation model to create a set of alternative planning scenarios to represent a variety of extents of implementation among conservation practices. The scenarios were assessed for nutrient reduction potential andRead More…

20Sep/22

Water in Dubuque County: Community Flooding and Water Quality

A storymap outlining the existing conservation practices in Dubuque County in July 2020 and the future opportunities for conservation practices determined by the ACPF to reduce flooding and improve water quality in the county.

20Sep/22

Snapshot of the ACPF results for the Upper Iowa River Watershed

Explore the Upper Iowa River

An online illustration of the ACPF results of the Upper Iowa River watershed in Northeast Iowa. Click on the different layers of the map to see the different conservation opportunities as a water the the watershedRead More…

20Sep/22

Assessing the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework toolbox in a Southern Piedmont landscape of the United States

This publication evaluates the utility and extensibility of ACPF in two US Geological Survey 12-digit scale hydrologic units in the Southern Piedmont of North Carolina. The Southern Piedmont consists of less row crop agriculture and moreRead More…

13Sep/22

Combining precision conservation technologies into a flexible framework to facilitate agricultural watershed planning

Foundational publication on the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework

23Aug/22

Targeting Agricultural BMP’s for Water Quality in Minnesota’s Elm Creek Watershed

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy created a story map to tell the story of their work in the Elm Creek Watershed to target agricultural best management practices for water quality.