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Easter Lake Watershed Project

A project to improve water quality in Easter Lake

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Exciting progress has been made at a stream stabilization project at Easter Lake Park! Step-pool structures (pictured here) were recently constructed and will address streambank erosion by slowing down stormwater and helping the channel change elevation in a more stable way. This project will help reduce future sediment and phosphorus loading into Easter Lake improving water quality! Keep an eye out as we share more updates on this project’s progress!

When most of your watershed is in private ownership, you need individual landowners to step up and do what they can so that collectively the watershed is healthier and Easter Lake is cleaner. To the more than 100 landowners that have used soil quality restoration to reduce stormwater runoff and need for fertilizers we thank you for the example you have set! If every household did just one thing, even as simple as a rain barrel, Easter Lake would be much better protected now and into the future. Interested in soil quality restoration? We have funding to help! Contact us for more information!

In 2018 we logged more than 1400 volunteer hours just in Easter Lake Park! Each year volunteers help us pick up trash in our lake and parks, remove invasive species, and more! We can’t do it without you so we send a big “THANK YOU” to all of our volunteers for their time and dedication to making our favorite lake and park better for everyone!

This November we are saying “thank you.” Restoring a lake and it’s watershed is no easy feat and we can’t do it without you and our community. For the next month we’ll be highlighting the positive impacts and success stories you have all been a part of as part of the Easter Lake Watershed Project. We can’t wait to share this with you! . 📷 @ruben.rodriguez.fotografia

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Polk Soil & Water Conservation District
1513 N. Ankeny Blvd. Ste. 3
Ankeny, IA 50023

Phone: 515-964-1883 ext. 3

Hours: Monday-Friday I 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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