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Watershed group updates council on Wabash River Fest, cost-share program
Summary
Amy Kristen Preston of the Wabash River Enhancement Corporation thanked the council for sponsorship of Wabash River Fest, outlined planned programming, and noted approximately $80,000 in remaining cost-share funds for agricultural conservation projects.
Amy Kristen Preston, watershed coordinator for the Wabash River Enhancement Corporation, updated the council on Wabash River Fest and the group’s farm cost-share program during the public comment period.
"River Fest is a local community festival celebrating our most defining natural resource, the Wabash River," Preston said. She described planned activities including guided float trips, a canoe try-it, paddle‑boarding, a 10-person voyager canoe race, tree hikes, riverfront drawing and photography classes, and booths staffed by local governments and nonprofits.
Preston also said the group has about $80,000 in cost-share funds remaining to support farmers who want to adopt conservation practices. "We still have cost share funds for the cost share program that we operate. We have about 80 grand left to spend this year," she said. The program supports cover crops, equipment modifications to enable lower‑till practices, stream‑exclusion fencing and nutrient management plans. Preston reported that in the past year the program funded more than 700 acres of cover crops and about seven equipment modifications.
She told council members that farmers who want to participate should contact the Tippecanoe Soil and Water Conservation District, and she noted a hands‑on workshop on equipment modifications scheduled for Jan. 22 hosted by the district.
Ending: Preston thanked the council and noted the organization’s continued partnership with county government to promote river‑oriented recreation and farm conservation.
