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Rock Creek Lake Watershed Project


Conservation practices make the future look bright for Rock Creek Lake.

Landowners and residents are working together with the Rock Creek Lake Watershed Project to improve their lake.

By installing conservation practices and making other changes, Rock Creek Lake residents are working to improve their farming operations, their land, their lake and the future.
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News

Lenz generations working to protect Rock Creek Lake
Landowners like the Lenz family are installing conservation practices to help the lake and preserve their farms for future generations.
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Dan Sorem, Rock Creek Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners
Dan Sorem, Rock Creek Lake watershed project coordinator, can help landowners install conservation practices to help preserve the lake for future generations.
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Reports and Publications

  • Rock Creek Lake: GIS Mapping: Creating Solutions for Rock Creek Lake (*.pdf)
  • Water quality improvement plan (TMDL) (*.pdf)

    Get Involved

    For More Information
    Local:
    Dan Sorem
    Rock Creek Lake Watershed Project Coordinator
    (641) 792-4116
    Dan.Sorem@ia.usda.gov
    Jasper County NRCS Office

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

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    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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