The Freshwater Conservation Manager has lead responsibility for implementing an integrated freshwater program in Iowa, with emphasis on sustainable conservation of two priority agriculture-dominated watersheds: the Iowa-Cedar Basin and the Boone River watershed. Key components of the program include: 1) Securing exemplary conservation in the Iowa-Cedar River Basin, the Boone River watershed, and other potential watersheds as a platform for leveraging watershed-scale conservation in other priority watersheds; 2) Participating in various statewide freshwater initiatives and policy issues; 3) Expanding and catalyzing public and private partnerships for conservation outcomes including potential development of payment for services programs (‘water funds’); 4) Working with the Conservancy’s Great Rivers Program to support conservation efforts and key priorities for the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Work includes collaborating with public agencies and diverse partners to develop and implement on-the-ground projects and practices that address altered hydrology, water quality and loss of floodplain connectivity to achieve conservation goals as well as societal needs including flood risk reduction, water quality improvements and a sustainable agricultural economy. This position supervises TNC’s Boone River Project Director, and is supervised by the Director of Conservation Programs.
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