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Iowa Conservation Group Selected for $25K Grant to Restore Segment of Chariton Creek
The Lucas County Conservation Board of Iowa was recently selected for a 2009 Five Star Restoration Program grant of $25,000, and will partner to restore a half-mile stretch of the impaired Chariton Creek in southeast Clarke County, Iowa. The Chariton Creek Restoration and Education Project will consider the stream corridor as a complex working ecosystem with the stream channel, plant communities, habitat, and land use as integral parts. The techniques used for restoration will include a riparian buffer, rock riffles, invasive species removal, and others. The improvements will increase water quality, provide habitat, and promote a healthy sustainable pattern of land uses across the landscape.
The Mormon Trail Science and Agriculture Departments will participate in hands-on implementation of the restoration techniques and will utilize the area for an outdoor classroom and laboratory by monitoring various biological parameters. Students will gain a sense of stewardship by actively participating in the restoration project.
Project partners include the Mormon Trail School District, Rathbun Land and Water Alliance, Clarke County Natural Resource Conservation Service, Clarke, Decatur Wayne, and Lucas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Fisheries Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and local land owners.
More about Five Star Restoration Program | 2009 funded projects (PDF) (11 pp, 74K About PDF) | National grants announcement 
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Our Water Division implements programs to protect human health and the environment by preventing and reducing contamination of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska's surface and ground water. Authority was given to EPA to regulate surface and ground water by the 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). For information on a program click one of the links below. To learn more about the watershed you live in, visit EPA's Surf Your Watershed site. Or you can visit EPA's Office of Water home page.
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