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MWCD outlines Atwood Lake upgrades, says royalties used for capital not operations
Summary
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District officials told Carroll County commissioners they exceeded 2025 budget expectations and outlined projects at Atwood Lake — including five rental tree houses, larger cottage lease lots, beach redesign and new amenities — and said oil-and-gas royalties fund capital projects while operations rely on recreation revenue and leases.
Craig Butler, executive director of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, told the Carroll County Board of Commissioners on March 26 that the district met its 2025 budget expectations and exceeded them by about $2 million. Butler said MWCD’s operating budget is about $25,500,000 and that the district receives roughly $40 million to $50 million a year in oil-and-gas royalties, which MWCD does not use for day-to-day operations.
Butler described several projects that affect Carroll County. The first phase of five elevated platform “tree houses,” each about 600–800 square feet, is planned at Atwood Lake and is expected to be…
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