{"id":6010,"date":"2015-12-11T19:45:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:41:34","slug":"new-publication-and-videos-inspired-by-farmers-working-on-indian-creek-watershed-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-publication-and-videos-inspired-by-farmers-working-on-indian-creek-watershed-project\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication and Videos Inspired by Farmers Working on Indian Creek Watershed Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Indian<\/a>\u200bSince 2010, farmers in the Indian Creek watershed in Illinois have been\u00a0working together to\u00a0implement\u00a0conservation\u00a0practices and nutrient management strategies to reduce nutrient loading in Indian Creek. Postdoctoral Research Associate\u00a0Sarah Church<\/a>\u00a0led the process of evaluating this watershed project and understanding which social conditions contributed to the project’s success. Her findings are presented in this\u00a0new publication “Indian Creek Watershed Project: Key Takeaways for Success<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In continuing sharing the research regarding the issues of\u00a0Indian\u00a0Creek\u00a0Purdue Extension’s Aaron Doenges produced two videos. These videos\u00a0focus\u00a0on two key reasons for the project’s success:\u00a0the people involved with the project’s steering committee; and the partnerships formed with agribusinesses.<\/p>\n

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\"Indian<\/a>In the first video, “Partnerships and People<\/a>“, Terry Bachtold of the Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation District, Chad Watts of CTIC,\u00a0and several others involved in the watershed project,\u00a0talk\u00a0about how crucial forming a locally-led steering committee was to\u00a0the\u00a0project’s success. Partnerships led to friendships as the group worked together to make a difference in their watershed.<\/p>\n

In the second video\u200b, “Partnerships with Agribusinesses<\/a>“, agronomists Harold Reetz,\u00a0Marion Shier, and other people involved in the watershed project\u00a0discuss the importance of getting retailers like Mike Trainor involved. Agribusinesses are trusted farmer advisors,\u00a0provide unique insights,\u00a0and offer valuable support that can strengthen\u00a0watershed projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Indian Creek Watershed Project: Takeaways for Success<\/a>” and the accompanying\u00a0videos can provide watershed and conservation organizations with valuable insights for their own watershed projects. Moreover,\u00a0farmers and retailers are encouraged\u00a0read this\u00a0publication,\u00a0view these videos and consider becoming part of something bigger. As members of a watershed join together, economic and environmental improvements\u00a0can take place.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/b>Indian Creek Watershed Project: Takeaways for Success\u200b<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nIndian Creek Watershed Project <\/a>– Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
\nIndian Creek Watershed Project<\/a> – Reetz Agronomics
\nIndian Creek Watershed Project Presentation<\/a> – United States Environmental Protection Agency
\nA Watershed Approach<\/a> – United States Environmental Protection Agency<\/p>\n

Sarah P. Church<\/a>, Post Doctoral Research Associate
\nPurdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u200bSince 2010, farmers in the Indian Creek watershed in Illinois have been\u00a0working together to\u00a0implement\u00a0conservation\u00a0practices and nutrient management strategies to reduce nutrient loading in Indian Creek. Postdoctoral Research Associate\u00a0Sarah Church\u00a0led the process of evaluating this watershed project and understanding which social conditions contributed to the project’s success. Her findings are presented in this\u00a0new publication “Indian Creek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,45,49],"tags":[60,63,67],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-howto","category-plants","tag-forestry","tag-how-to","tag-plants","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35284,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions\/35284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}