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Conservation Showcase

 

                                                    Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

Laporte County AWEP Irrigation Project

   

    Northwest Indiana Irrigation Systems Get Upgraded

    With assistance from NRCS' AWEP program, the Laporte County SWCD was able to assist local landowners in upgrading their current irrigation systems to help reduce runoff, increase
    efficiency and save money.

   

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                                                    Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative

Child at drinking water fountain

   

    Partnership Project Reduces Threats to Clean Drinking Water

    NRCS and partners are helping farmers in Indiana improve their irrigation system efficiencies, reduce water application, and reduce the dangers from leeching.

   

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                                                    Earth Team Volunteer Program

Sandy Smith

 

    Volunteer Utilizes College Education to Help Improve Water Quality

     Using the skills and experiences gained in college, this Earth Team Volunteer assists a local watershed project in achieving its goal.

 

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                                                    Healthy Rivers Initiative

Wasbash River

 

    New Initiative Helps Indiana Wildlife

     Partnership agencies and organizations are working with willing landowners to permanently protect 43,000 acres located in the floodplain of the Wabash
     River and Sugar Creek in west-central Indiana and another 26,000 acres of the Muscatatuck River bottomlands in southeast Indiana.

    

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    Wabash River corridor planted in warm season grasses

 

    Wabash River Corridor Gets a Facelift

    Thanks to a partnership effort, the land along the Wabash River is experiencing a facelift, a change for the better.

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                                                    Mississippi River Basin Initiative

students monitor biology in Middle Eel watershed

  

    MRBI Project Propels Students into Action

     The Mississippi River Basin Initiative (MRBI) project in the Middle Eel watershed is providing funds for college students to evaluate nutrient loading while learning about biological
     systems in the watershed.

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Cover Crops in Indiana

   

    Three County Partnership Reduces Runoff and Improves Wildlife Habitat

    The goal of the project is to avoid and reduce nutrient runoff to improve water quality while maintaining agriculture productivity.  To address nutrient loss, low levels of nutrient
     management, and nutrient loading the Alliance is implementing practices that reduce nutrients from leaving the fields.

 

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Wildcat Creek

   

   Initiative Reduces Sediment/Nutrient Load in Mississippi River Basin

    This project is designed to help producers implement practices that will avoid, control, and trap nutrients and sediment before entering surface water and improve wildlife habitat while
    maintaining agricultural productivity. 

   

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                                                    Wetlands Reserve Program

Pokagon WRP site in Indiana

   

    Pokagon Tribe Uses WRP to Restore Cultural Land Use

    The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians utilized NRCS' Wetlands Reserve Program in reconnecting to its ancestral cultural uses and activities by establishing 1,147 acres of historic
    marsh land.

 

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                                                    Partnership Success Stories

 

    Bull Run/West Creek Watershed Project

     With the assistance of an Indiana Department of Environmental Management 319 grant and technical and financial support from NRCS, Lake County SWCD is able to help reduce
     nutrient loading in the Bull Run/West Creek watershed.

 

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    Wildcat Creek Watershed Project

     The Clinton County SWCD received an Indiana Department of Environmental Management 319 grant to address current water quality problems in the Wildcat Creek Watershed.

     NRCS is assisting this project by providing technical assistance to the District and this watershed project.

 

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