Heron Lake Watershed District - * National Wildlife Federation Cover Crop Champions

Details: Category: Grant Reports

In 2013, the National Wildlife Federation began supporting Cover Crop Champions. The Champions are cover crop leaders who can provide region-specific information and farming knowledge to farmers and crop advisors. NWF supports these leaders with both financial support and technical outreach support and media training. Currently the program operates primarily in the Upper Mississippi River Basin States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missiouri. A few Champions have been selected from Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, and Nebraska as well.

The Champions for this grant are Jerry Ackermann, Dave Christoffer, Catherine Wegehaupt, and Jan Voit. Dave and Catherine participated in media training sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation. Through this effort, the Champions will be reaching out to local co-ops and landowners about conservation efforts - especially the implementation of cover crops.

For more information, contact one of the Champions.