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Farmers Creek Watershed Project

Farmers Creek Success Story

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 story featured below is just one of the many successes we've seen so far, and there's more work underway.


Carl Selzer has been raising beef cattle in the watershed since 1971.

Farmers Creek
Carl Selzer remembers perfectly blue water. Born and raised near Farmers Creek, he's seen that clear water change.

"It's always been a very pure creek," he said. "I think it's getting too many farm chemicals in it. It's not quite as good as it used to be."
Read more (*.pdf)



Learn more about organizing your own watershed improvement project

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For More Information
Local:
Michelle Turner
Farmers Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(563) 652-2337
Michelle.Turner@ia.nacdnet.net
Jackson County NRCS Office

Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov

 

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