
Projects funded by the DNR in 2011 will keep over 20,000 tons of soil out of Iowa’s waterways each year. Additionally, these conservation projects will reduce the phosphorous and nitrogen reaching the waterways by 27,164 pounds per year and 41,881 pounds per year respectively.
Since 2004, DNR funded projects have reduced sediment reaching Iowa’s waterways by 175,867 tons.
These conservation projects include creating wetlands, ponds, terraces and buffers.
Read the full press release from the Iowa DNR here.