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Conservation director reports completed stream and wetland restorations, outlines stormwater basin work
Summary
Winneshiek County conservation director Barbara Rigg reported the county completed a trout-stream restoration and a wetland project, described five planned stormwater-control basins, and said grants and partners including US Fish and Wildlife and local anglers supported the work.
Barbara Rigg, Winneshiek County conservation director, told the board the county has finished multiple habitat and water-quality projects on county-owned land, including a trout-stream restoration identified in the meeting as “Casey Scribe.” She said the restoration covered the entire stream section on county property and was developed with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and local anglers who contributed match funds.
Rigg reported a monarch pollinator seeding completed under a US Fish and Wildlife grant and described a new wetland on the Ryren Greenbelt that will capture runoff, trap sediments and help protect the city of Decorah and the Upper Iowa River downstream. She said the…
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