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Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project


To understand the problems threatening Muchakinock Creek, you must understand its history.

Landowners and residents are working together with the Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project to improve their creek.

By installing conservation practices and making other changes, Muchakinock Creek residents are working to improve their farming operations, their land, their creek and the future.
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News

Local Producers Invited to Learn About Cover Crops at Meeting
Landowners and farmers who want to learn more about using cover crops can attend an informational meeting on Thursday, April 10 at the Mahaska County Extension Office. The meeting, held from 10:00 a.m. to noon, is hosted by the Muchakinock Creek and White Oak Lake watershed projects.
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Locals work to improve Muchakinock Creek
As the Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project marks its third year, project leaders are noting the successes of local residents in helping clean up the creek.
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Bruxvoort working to protect Muchakinock Creek
Landowners like Jerry Bruxvoort are installing conservation practices to help the creek and preserve their farms for future generations.
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Matt Lechtenberg, Muchakinock Creek watershed project coordinator, can help landowners.
Matt Lechtenberg, Muchakinock Creek watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the creek for future generations.
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Reports and Publications

  • Muchakinock Creek: Improving water quality for the future brochure (*.pdf)

    Get Involved

    For More Information
    Local:
    Matt Lechtenberg
    Watershed Project Coordinator
    (641) 673-3476
    Matthew.Lechtenberg@ia.nacdnet.net
    Mahaska County NRCS Office

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

  • Upcoming events

    Cover Crop Informational Meeting
    April 10, 10 a.m. - noon
    Mahaska County Extension Service, 212 North I St., Oskaloosa, IA 52577

    Funding opportunities

    More info

    What's a watershed?

    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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