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Iowa State, city of Ames partner to reduce nutrient runoff, improve recreation Caroline Westort Newswise — AMES, Iowa — A partnership with the city of Ames is giving Iowa State University students an opportunity to propose the redesign of an area of the city with the goals of reducing nutrient runoff and improving recreation.  An ISU College of Design interdisciplinary studio, “Farmscape,” led by Caroline Westort, associate professor of landscape architecture, is collaborating with the city of Ames on a project to design possibilities for a 70-acre parcel west of Veenker Golf Course...

Date Time Iowa State, city of Ames partner to reduce nutrient runoff, improve recreation AMES, Iowa — A partnership with the city of Ames is giving Iowa State University students an opportunity to propose the redesign of an area of the city with the goals of reducing nutrient runoff and improving recreation. Caroline Westort An ISU College of Design interdisciplinary studio, “Farmscape,” led by Caroline Westort, associate professor of landscape architecture, is collaborating with the city of Ames on a project to design possibilities for a 70-acre parcel west of Veenker Golf Course an...

Wisconsin Examiner American Rivers ranks the Raccoon River as the ninth-most-endangered in the country. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Des Moines Water Works will face a “catastrophe” unless Iowa finds a way to reduce farm pollution in the Raccoon River, which last week was named as one of the nation’s most endangered, the utility’s CEO said. “It is clear, given the ammonia, phosphorus, and thousands of pounds of nitrogen that flow past our treatment plant, that adding any more nutrients to our watershed without addressing the water quality issues is...