Flooded farmsteads

VOLUNTEERS

To volunteer or make a donation to Iowa flood relief efforts, see State of Iowa 2008 Flood Resource Center.

GENERAL INFORMATION

-- Food safety and Household cleanup
-- Crop and Livestock concerns
-- Dealing with tree damage
-- Wells and water 
-- Stress
-- Preserving papers, records, photographs and books
-- Other resources

Listen to audio interviews with ISU Extension specialists on a variety of flood-related topics.

 Lots of Mosquitoes this Year? Maybe, ISU Extension Entomologist Says
Will Iowa be home to a lot of floodwater mosquitoes this year, thanks to widespread flooding in the state? Maybe, says Ken Holscher, ISU Extension entomologist. But coming rains may have a greater effect.

ISU Extension Audio: Extension Specialists Discuss Delayed Growing Season
ISU Extension climatologist Elwynn Taylor, program specialist Rich Pope and entomologist Ken Holscher discuss the aftermath of the floods and excessive rainfall that has delayed the growing season for Iowa farmers.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

What's the Economic Impact of 2008 Floods in Iowa?
We won't know for some time the actual economic impact of Iowa's flood-damage losses, according to a new report by economists from Iowa State University's Regional Capacity Analysis Program (ReCAP).

 

6/27/2008