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Landowners and residents are working together with the Elk River Watershed Project to improve their river.
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By installing conservation practices and making other changes, Elk River residents are working to improve their farming operations, their land, their river and the future.
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Spring newsletter available
Read about cost-share for hoop buildings and low-interest loans.
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Elk River cattlemen working toward clean water
Elk River livestock producers are helping the river by installing feedlot sediment basins. Reprinted courtesy of the DeWitt Observer.
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December newsletter available
Read about tree planting opportunities and how open feedlots are managing runoff and protecting water quality.
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Leah Sweely, Elk River watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
Leah Sweely, Elk River watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the river for future generations.
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Local:
Leah Sweely
Elk River Watershed Project Coordinator
(563) 659-3456
Leah.Sweely@ia.nacdnet.net
Clinton County NRCS Office
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
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A watershed is the area of land that drains into a lake or stream.
Water traveling over the surface or through groundwater may pick up contaminants like sediment, chemicals and waste and deposit them in a body of water.
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