Hopeful for Spring Weather
Happy March! I hope this email finds you warm and looking forward to spring as much as we are!
This update from the Watersheds & Waterways Program team includes a 2018 year in review of our program, the first public information on a new project we are beginning with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, an update on our watershed planning efforts, and an invite to an upcoming event we are hosting with Women Food and Ag Network!
On a personal note, I wanted to let you all know that I am leaving Prairie Rivers of Iowa this month for a new position with the Center for Rural Affairs in their Nevada office. It has been a wonderful 5+ years with Prairie Rivers and I will cherish every interaction I had with our wonderful partners and stakeholders. Please feel free to contact Dan Haug at dhaug@prrcd.org in the meantime until a new individual is hired.
Sincerely,
Kayla Bergman
Watersheds & Waterways Program Coordinator
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Our team had a successful year in 2018! Thank you to our partners, collaborators, and stakeholders for your continued support of our programming and projects!
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant
Prairie Rivers of Iowa has been awarded a Conservation Partners (CPP) Grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to provide one-on-one technical assistance to landowners and farmers working to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in Story County. The focus area includes three subwatersheds within the South Skunk River Watershed.
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Watershed Planning Update
An update on our watershed planning efforts is long overdue. Our NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant for the “Keigley” watershed project wrapped up in September of 2018. Here’s some of the highlights from 2017-2018 and what we’ll be doing next.
A change in focus: In the future, we’ll be working with the entire 200,556-acre watershed that drains to the South Skunk River above the confluence with Squaw Creek in Ames. On paper, a single ten-digit hydrologic unit (HUC10) seemed like a more manageable project, but as we talked with the public it became clear that watershed plans and partnerships would be effective.
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