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Iowa DNR and Fish & Wildlife describe Hodge wetland restoration; board grants permission to proceed in two drainage districts
Summary
Iowa DNR/FWS staff outlined a multi-basin wetland restoration in the Diamond Lake watershed and the board granted permission for work in drainage districts 29 and 26. Funding comes from the North American Wetland Conservation Act and construction is planned after harvest.
Chris Lu, wildlife management biologist with the Great Lakes unit, described a cooperative Hodge wetland restoration project involving four basins in the Diamond Lake watershed and explained how two basins intersect county drainage districts.
The project would place water-control structures, tie into existing branch tile (identified in meeting discussion as branch 63 in drainage district 29 and branch 83-7-31-B in drainage district 26), and restore…
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