Graduate students in the Department of English will engage the Lower Cedar Watershed Management Group in a public environmental humanities project. 

The Lower Cedar Watershed in eastern Iowa encompasses seven counties and twenty-five cities and is generally thought to include the most biologically diverse landscape in Iowa. Participants in Professor Eric Gidal's Literature, Culture, and Environment course will study bioregionalism through the lens of this watershed by building relationships with key stakeholders and creating opportunities for reflection and storytelling. Deliverables may include a StoryMap, photo essay or profiles, or digital stories using archival materials.