The Woodchip Bioreactor Partnership is a five-year collaboration between Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Land Improvement Contractor's Association, Inc., University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, and NRCS. The purpose of this partnership is to install a woodchip bioreactor each year and to support research into the impact of woodchip bioreactors on water quality at each site for the five-year collaboration period, and beyond. In previous years, the partnership has installed woodchip bioreactors in Bureau and Henry counties. Due to weather related delays, the 2019 installation was postponed. In 2020, a woodchip bioreactor was installed in Henry County (ilfb.org/ifb-in-action/what-were-working-on/protecting-our-environment/nutrient-stewardship-grant-program/2020-nutrient-stewardship-virtual-field-days/).
