The Watershed Community Model

A simple agent-based model to support social capital building, storytelling, and collaborative action across a watershed

Collaborators: Linda Shenk and Laura Merrick and ISU, and Story County Conservation

Seed funding provided by ISU UTurn

watershed community model — A "people's" model representing humans and a landscape interacting is used to engage with community groups and encourage action that brings about positive conservation outcomes.

stream gages in whorle creek — Stage recorders were installed in Worle Creek and the Tedesco Environmental Learning Corridor to supplement water quality measurements collected there. Data is being used to understand water quality dynamics and to model stream restoration and watershed processes in the park .