This year marks a key bicentennial in drainage history

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After 200 years, what is John Johnston’s lasting impact?

The year 2021 marks a key bicentennial: it has been 200 years since a man named John Johnston first emigrated to the U.S. from Scotland. Johnston is regarded as one of the main pioneers of subsurface drainage in the U.S. But Johnston’s innovations actually came from early failures. This lecture by the Geneva Historical Society explores how an early failed barley crop led Johnston down a key path – and how many doubters he faced when he sought to place clay tile underground. » Read more...

EVENTS

2021 Conservation Drainage Network annual general meeting

April 7-8, 2021
Location: Fort Wayne, IN » Learn more

Iowa Drainage School 2020 – Postponed to 2021

Aug. 25-27, 2021
Location: Nashua, IA » Learn more