The Iowa Department of Ag­­riculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) announced last week that it has selected three additional projects to implement and demonstrate practices to improve water quality and conserve soil. The three new watershed demonstration projects, which are in northwest and north-central counties, bring the total to number to 16 in targeted watersheds around Iowa.

"These three new demonstration projects allow us to have a presence in each of the nine large priority watersheds identified by the Iowa Water Resources Coordinating Council," said Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey. "These watershed projects are an important part of our water quality efforts as they allow us to focus on...