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Landowners and residents are working together with the Rathbun Lake Watershed Project to improve their lake.
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By installing conservation practices and making other changes, Rathbun Lake residents are working to improve their farming operations, their land, their lake and the future.
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Local Project Website: Rathbun Land and Water Alliance
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Reece working to protect Rathbun Lake
Landowners like Brad Reece are installing conservation practices to help the creek and preserve their farms for future generations.
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Velvet Buckingham, Rathbun Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
Velvet Buckingham, Rathbun Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the lake for future generations.
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For More Information
Local:
Velvet Buckingham
Rathbun Lake Watershed Project Coordinator
(641) 872-1350
Velvet.Buckingham@ia.nacdnet.net
Appanoose County NRCS Office
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
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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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