This photo shows a functioning wooden "coffin-type" weir in a feeder creek under a gravel road at 200 feet before emptying into the Flint River above critical bank erosion site. This area is on Robert Yeager's property. A weir is a low dam that is…
Two men plant willow stakes on Richard Osborn property. The project was completed with EPA grant in 1999. Live stakes are long hardwood cuttings that are planted outdoors usually without rooting hormone . Certain native species will grow new plants…
In the first photo, District Commissioner Jeff Bergman is getting ready to present awards at this 1999 Agricultural Exposition. The second photo shows Jeff Bergman and Soil Conservationist Deb Nace standing in back of him.
This is a photograph of the students from West Burlington High School participating in the planting of trees around the school. Left to right are Dennis Carter, Tylor Mann, Aaron Rukgaber, Kyle Law, Jennifer Jordan, Joe Nichols, John Allen, Kevin…
Commissioners Frank Hedges, Brad Weiss, Jeff Bergman
and Todd Heckenberg stand in the office of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Des Moines County Soil and Water District Commissioner Jeff Bergman shows Kyle Law how to dig the hole while Kyle Law waits to plant the first tree outside West Burlington High School
During outdoor classroom planting at the West Burlington High School Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner Jeff Bergman shows Kevin Reinhart how to place the plastic around the tree that is being planted
