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  caption: "Integrating strips of native prairie vegetation into row crops has been shown to reduce sediment and nutrient loss from fields, as well as improve biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services.{{< tbib '33' 'cf5cd564-9f71-4025-93e5-9407832bd93e' >}} Iowa State University's STRIPS program is actively conducting research into this agricultural conservation practice.{{< tbib '34' '9162112c-438b-45d4-8d45-42ee4805b8f8' >}} The inset shows a close-up example of a prairie vegetation strip. Photo credits: (main photo) Lynn Betts, (inset) Farnaz Kordbacheh."
  chapter_identifier: midwest
  create_dt: 2018-03-29T16:43:13
  identifier: prairie-strips-for-adaptation
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  submission_dt: 2018-11-29T19:26:53
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  title: Conservation Practices Reduce Impact of Heavy Rains
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  caption: 'Increasing heavy rains are leading to more soil erosion and nutrient loss on midwestern cropland. Integrating strips of native prairie vegetation into row crops has been shown to reduce soil and nutrient loss while improving biodiversity. The inset shows a close-up example of a prairie vegetation strip. <em>From Figure 21.2, Ch. 21: Midwest (Photo credits: [main photo] Lynn Betts; [inset] Farnaz Kordbacheh).</em>'
  chapter_identifier: overview-executive-summary
  create_dt: 2018-05-01T12:33:24
  identifier: prairie-strips
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  submission_dt: 2018-11-27T16:10:26
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  title: Prairie Strips
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