On April 10, 1999, volunteers gathered for a workday to shore up stream banks on the Flint Creek where erosion was occurring. The Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District sponsored two floodplain restoration projects along the Flint…
These photos show the area of the wetland project before it was completed. It was funded by the CRP (conservation Reserve Program) project in Huron Township.
Sodbust/wetland violation at Eleven Oaks Farm.
Under the "sodbuster" and "swampbuster" provisions of the law, farmers who break highly erodible sod or convert wetlands in order to plant crops must implement a conservation plan approved by the local…