Rathbun Land and Water Alliance members and partners include the following individuals, agencies and organizations: Landowners in the Rathbun Lake Watershed; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Division of Soil Conservation; Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Iowa State University; Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board; Southern Iowa Development and Conservation Authority; US Army Corps of Engineers; US Environmental Protection Agency; USDA Farm Service Agency; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Counties; Iowa Farm Bureau at the state and county levels; and Rathbun Regional Water Association. September2009
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Rathbun Land and Water Alliance members and partners include the following individuals, agencies and organizations: Landowners in theRathbun Lake Watershed; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Division of Soil Conservation; Iowa Department of NaturalResources; Iowa State University; Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board; Southern Iowa Development and Conservation Authority; USArmy Corps of Engineers; US Environmental Protection Agency; USDA Farm Service Agency; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service;Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe,and Wayne Counties; Iowa Farm Bureau at the state and county levels; and Rathbun Regional Water Association.
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The Alliance uses GIS to identify land in the watershedprincipal source of sediment and phosphorus, called prSeventeen percent of the priority land delivers 73 percsediment and phosphorus to Rathbun Lake.
The primary objective is to apply BMPs on priority land in targeted sub-watersheds Accomplishment of this objecannual sediment and phosphorus delivery to Rathbun Lake by an estimated 90,000 tons of sediment and 360,000 phosphorus.
The Rathbun Land and Water Alliance’s primarygoal is to reduce sediment and phosphorus deliveryto Rathbun Lake.
Continue tocollect monthlyand event watersamples
Continue information and educationoutreach which includes media coverage,the installation of additional roadside
signage, updated project website,Rathbun Lake Protector Program,informational fields days and conferences.
Provide support tothe forage andpasture researchprojects with IowaState University
Accelerate the application of BMP in 28 targeted subwatersheds show aboveincluding:• 173,000 feet of terraces• 13 structures•
2 debris basins• 45 water & sediment basins
The Alliance will also use monitoring to evaluate water quality conditions and evaluate the impact of BMPs in redimpairment.
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