Camp Creek Successes

The DNR is helping Iowans across the state improve our lakes and streams by supporting and working with watershed projects. By making changes in how we manage both private and public land, we can reduce the amount of pollution like sediment, nutrients and bacteria, reaching our water. The highlights featured below are just some of many successes we've seen so far, and there's more work underway.

Camp Creek Since the inception of the Camp Creek Watershed Project, many projects have been completed. Some of the highlights include: More than 400 acres of pasture ground have been treated with pasture management practices such as fencing to keep cattle out of the stream; various types of water delivery systems to provide water to the cattle that are fenced out of the stream, nutrient management of pasture land, and prescribed grazing.

More than 2,300 acres of row cropped land are enrolled in the NRCS' EQIP Nutrient Management Program. This program follows fertilizer application rate recommendations from ISU and prevents over fertilization of ag land, which limits excess nutrients from reaching Camp Creek. More than 50 acres of buffers, 13 acres of grassed waterways, six farm ponds-grade stabilization structures are installed along Camp Creek.