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Drainage board hears maintenance updates, beaver control and flags access issues for revised solar drainage plan
Summary
Staff updated the Gibson County Drainage Board on tree removal, bank stabilization, beaver-trapping and completed projects; members also discussed a reclamation solar project’s changed drainage plan and whether exclusive easement and inspection-access language should be required.
The Gibson County Drainage Board spent a substantial portion of its April 7 meeting on maintenance updates — tree and brush removal, bank reshaping and beaver control — and discussed implications of changes to a reclamation solar project’s drainage plan, including whether easement or inspection-access language should be required.
Staff overviewed multiple projects: tree removal near 800–850 East and north of the boat ramp, completed clearing on Miller’s Creek lateral (part of Upper Pigeon Creek), clearing on an upper lateral called Coal Mire to Muddy Fork, and bank sloughing on the Donahue lateral east of 1025 East and north of 700 South. On the Donahue lateral staff…
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