The Iowa Stormwater Education Partnership is pleased to announce that Kurt and Jennifer Boevers of Cedar Falls, Iowa were presented with the Urban Stormwater and Watershed Development of the Year Award during the 2023 Iowa Water Conference held in Altoona, Iowa on September 19-20. The award recognizes 72-acre water quality improvement project adjacent to Dry Run Creek in the City of Hudson that was completed by the Boevers. The project included restoring a wetland, enhancing and restoring stream buffers, re-meandering a previously straightened stream and reconnecting the stream to its floodplain. The Boevers are commended on their commitment to improving local urban stream water and habitat quality.