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Landowners and residents are working together with the Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project to improve their creek.
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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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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)
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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
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Cover Crop Informational Meeting
April 10, 10 a.m. - noon
Mahaska County Extension Service, 212 North I St., Oskaloosa, IA 52577
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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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