Price Creek Watershed Project to Hold Kickoff Event
Williamsburg, IA - The Price Creek Watershed Project will hold a project
kickoff event on September 10 at 6:00 p.m. at the Amana Community
Park located in Middle Amana. The purpose of the event is to invite
watershed landowners and farm operators as well as the public to learn
about the watershed, planned restoration efforts and how to become
involved.
The kickoff meeting will highlight the priorities in the watershed as
well as the goals and objectives of the project. Details of how and
when the project will be completed as well as the different
environmental and conservation oriented opportunities that will be made
available through public hands-on workshops, field days, and project
implementation will also be discussed.
Dr. Dick Schultz, professor of Natural Resources Ecology and Management
at Iowa State University, will be the guest speaker for the event. Schultz
is well known for his work with conservation buffer systems and stream
corridor restoration projects. The evening will also feature a
demonstration of a solar water pumping system utilized to provide
alternative watering sources to livestock as well as a presentation from
the coordinator of the Price Creek Watershed project. A meal will be
provided by the Iowa County Cattlemen.
Landowners and farm operators in the Price Creek Watershed as well as
others who are interested in learning more about the watershed and the
project are encouraged to attend this important event.
Price Creek is a 13 mile long tributary of the Iowa River located in
southeast Benton County and the northeast corner of Iowa County. The
watershed is nearly 19,000 acres in size, beginning north of the town of
Marengo and ending below the village of Amana where it flows into the
Iowa River.
The project's watershed improvement efforts are being
supported through funds from the Iowa Department of Agriculture's
Division of Soil Conservation, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Section 319 program, the Iowa Watershed Improvement Fund, as well as the
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
For more information and to RSVP for the event please contact Aaron
Pickens, project coordinator at 319-668-2359.
Desire to protect water quality leads to partnerships, funding for Price Creek
Price Creek appeared on Iowa's impaired waters list in 2004. The news looked grim for the 13 mile tributary of
the Iowa River, but with word of two grant application approvals, Price Creek is restoring its beauty.
More about Price Creek partnerships (.pdf)
James Martin, Price Creek watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
James Martin, Price Creek watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the creek for future generations.
More about Martin
For More Information
Local:
James Martin
Price Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(319) 337-2322
James.Martin@ia.nacdnet.net
Johnson County NRCS Office
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
