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Clean water starts with you Landowners and residents are partnering with the Union Grove Watershed Project to improve the water quality of the lake, the centerpiece of Union Grove State Park. Through the use of conservation practices on their land, they are helping improve the lake for future generations.
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Melody Bro, project coordinator, can help landowners
Melody Bro of rural Montour has nurtured a love of the land in Tama County for the past 25 years. Having worked most of her life in soil conservation and water quality, Bro has helped spread this love to both her children and the community through outdoor education.
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For More Information
Local:
Melody Bro
Union Grove Lake Watershed Project Coordinator
(641) 484-2702 ext. 120
Melody.Bro@ia.usda.gov
Toledo NRCS Office
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
Information Fair July 8
Rain Garden Workshop Sept. 2
Financial assistance is available for landowners looking to add conservation practices to their land. Learn more.
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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