Watershed council pursuing entrance signage and well testing Tainter Creek
TAINTER CREEK - Perhaps one of the most exciting business items on the agenda for the Thursday, Feb. 25 meeting of the farmers of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council was watershed signage. The council is working to place ‘Tainter Creek Watershed’ signs at all of the major entrances to the watershed in Crawford and Vernon counties.The groups 2021 DATCP Producer-Led Watershed Council grant included funding for the signs, as well as signs for fields of watershed council farmers growing cover crops.
Proposed locations for the ten watershed entrance signs include:
Vernon County
CRAWFORD, VERNON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES - The Driftless Area Water Study (DAWS) will conduct their second round of well water testing in Crawford, Vernon and Richland counties on Monday, April 19. The three counties, each doing something slightly different, are moving ahead now with recruiting participants for the Spring 2021 event.