IA DNR: Clean Water Starts With You: Bear Creek Watershed

The Bear Creek Watershed Project has a number of funding opportunities for local citizens. Two primary sources for land treatment funds are the PL83-566 Small Watershed Program and the Iowa Watershed Protection Program.

PL83-566 Small Watershed Program
The PL83-566 upland treatment funds are used throughout the Bear Creek watershed. They are targeted to high priority areas in the watershed for livestock manure management systems, pasture management, woodland management and terracing. The cost share is 65 percent of the average cost.

The Watershed Protection Fund
The Iowa Watershed Protection Program provides 75 percent cost sharing on certain upland treatment practices.

Other programs available for land treatment assistance in the Bear Creek watershed include, CRP, EQIP and WHIP.

For additional information on funding opportunities with the Bear Creek Watershed Project, contact Marc Oyloe, watershed coordinator, at (563) 382-8777 or Marc.Oyloe@ia.usda.gov

For More Information
Local:
Marc Oyloe
Bear Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(563) 382-4352
Marc.Oyloe@ia.usda.gov
Winneshiek County NRCS Office

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