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City accepts 2024 aquatic community monitoring report; staff to publish interactive story map
Summary
Public Works presented the 2024 Aquatic Community Monitoring Report, noting incremental river improvements, new freshwater mussel sampling, and plans to publish data via an interactive GIS-based story map for public access.
The Elkhart Board of Public Works on April 8 accepted the city's 2024 Aquatic Community Monitoring Report, marking the program's 27th year of operation and highlighting incremental ecological improvements in the St. Joseph River.
Dara Degan, water quality manager, said long-term monitoring is showing improvements in fish-community metrics and a decline in pollution-tolerant species. "The river is doing good. It has been doing good for a while," she said, and noted staff are seeing "more species being…
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