IOWA DEAPARTMENT ON NATURAL RESOURCES: A clearer outlook for Silver Creek thanks to local watershed improvement efforts
Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following announcement on Dec. 4. Silver Creek, a warm water creek winding through Clayton County, had a muddy outlook until a community-led effort helped clear things up. The stream, a tributary of northeast Iowa’s Turkey River, was taking on almost 15,000 tons of sediment each year, all washing into the creek from the surrounding 18,000 acres of land that drain into it. The extra dirt and sediment, along with the nutrients that wash along with it, were causing problems for the fish and aquatic life in the stream, like insects, snails, muss...
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