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Bear Creek Watershed Project
Bear Creek in Delaware County needs your help.

Landowners and residents in Delaware County are working together with the Bear Creek Watershed Project to improve the creek.

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

News

Mike Freiburger, watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
Mike Freiburger, watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the creek for future generations.
More about Freiburger

Get Involved

For More Information
Local:
Mike Freiburger
Bear Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(563) 927-4250
Michael.Freiburger@ia.nacdnet.net
Delaware County NRCS Office

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

Upcoming events

No scheduled events at this time.

Funding opportunities

There are a number of urban and agricultural conservation practices that are eligible for financial assistance in the Bear Creek Watershed.
Read more on funding opportunities

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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