Agricultural area and developed area residents are working together with the Clear Lake Watershed Project to improve their lake. By installing conservation practices such as wetland restorations and conservation tillage,
Clear Lake agricultural residents are working to improve their farming operations, their land, the lake, and the future. Urban conservation practices such as storm water filtration systems, rain gardens, and infiltration trenches are also being installed in developed areas. Clear Lake urban residents work to improve the lake by using zero phosphorus fertilizer, properly disposing of yard wastes, and cleaning up after their pets. More about Clear Lake
Local Project Website: Clear Lake Enhancement and Restoration Project

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Join the Association for the Preservation of Clear Lake
Find out what citizens are doing to preserve one of north central Iowa's most important natural resources.
Association for the Preservation of Clear Lake

David Knoll, Clear Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
David Knoll, Clear Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the lake for future generations.
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Get Involved

• Join the effort
• DNR Fishing
• Clear Lake Enhancement and Restoration Project
• Clear Lake State Park
• McIntosh Woods State Park

For More Information
Local:
David Knoll
Clear Lake Watershed Project Coordinator
(641) 923-2837 ext. 3
David.Knoll@ia.nacdnet.net
Hancock County NRCS Office

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

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.