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Middle Cedar (Bridal Cedar) WMA details grants, nitrate monitoring and a $500,000 local project
Summary
The watershed authority updated the council on monitoring and recent grant wins, including a $1.3 million EPA farmer-to-farmer grant and $500,000 for converting a Coneflower/Green Hill detention basin to a stormwater wetland; the WMA will hire a watershed coordinator and continue nitrate-focused monitoring.
Mary Beth Stevenson, chair of the Middle Cedar (Bridal Cedar) Watershed Management Authority, briefed the Committee of the Whole on the WMA’s work to protect water quality and reduce flood risk across the watershed.
Stevenson said the WMA formed after the 2008 floods and participates in intergovernmental projects such as the Iowa Watershed Approach. The group has used federal and state funding to develop a watershed management plan, prioritize high-impact areas and support on-the-ground projects.
"We've been doing watershed monitoring since…
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