The North Central Region Water Network is a 12-state Extension-led collaboration focused on ensuring safe and sufficient water supplies not only in the North Central Region, but beyond. The Watershed Management Research and Outreach Undergraduate Internship Program through this network helps students from all backgrounds gain valuable experience that will help students pursue future careers in watershed management and gain an understanding of the role of Extension. At the completion of the 2023 summer program, Dr. John McMaine, director of the Water Resources Institute at South Dakota State University, Ethan Davis, intern at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Sam Henry, intern at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, discussed the Extension-focused watershed management internship.    

Explore efforts to reduce nutrients in Illinois waterways from agricultural runoff to municipal wastewater with host Todd Gleason and producers Rachel Curry, Nicole Haverback, and Emma Eldridge.