Ep. 352 How to ACTUALLY Fix the Water Quality and Are Data Centers Good for Rural America

About this episode

The episode discusses Iowa's water quality crisis and explores various solutions while also examining the impact of data centers on rural America.

Johnathon Swanson from Polk County Conservation joins Nicolas and Kent talk about Iowa's water quality crisis. They dig into tile drainage, nitrates, saturated buffers, constructed wetlands, and what's actually working on the ground. Plus data centers, farm diversification, and quail nostalgia. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your backyard prairie, hunting habitat mixes, CRP mixes, pollinator mixes, and more) Mckayinsagency.com (for all your insurance and financial advising needs) BirdHunterSupply.com (for all your bird hunting needs, and for your bird dogs' supplies as well)

People in this episode

Hosts: Nicolas Lirio, Kent Boucher

Guest: Johnathon Swanson

Topics covered

• water quality
• Iowa
• agriculture
• data centers
• environmental conservation
• farm diversification
• wildlife

Keywords

• water quality
• Iowa
• nitrates
• tile drainage
• constructed wetlands
• data centers
• farm diversification
• quail nostalgia

Sponsors

Hokseynativeseeds.com, Mckayinsagency.com, BirdHunterSupply.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Polk County Conservation

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