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Davis County will be a part of a U. S. Departmcnt of Agriculture study of watershed problems ;and project needs in Iowa

There are now three structures completed on this watershed project. Eight or nine more will be built as a part of this soil erosion control watershed.

Capturmg, slowing and controlling water headed for the South and Ltttle Wyacondah River streams wtll save Davis County nearly $50,000 a year.

A cleaning job was undertaken on the Dale Dixon Farm in preparation for the construction of the Big Wyacondah watershed.

Because improvement costs could outstrip beneflts. the U.S Corps of Engineers reports the tcderally-financed :flood control on the Wyacondah Riverer is not justified.

Farmers from the North Wyacondah area voted to submit a petition to seek assistance for a water shed under the Watershed Prevention and Flood Prevention Act. The watershed area covers 72,000 acres of which 19,000 are in Davis County, 4000 acres in…

An estimated one million dollars will be spent on the Big Wyacondah Watershed project according to Frank H Mendell, Davis County state conservationist of the U.S. Conservation Service Three articles announce the approval of the watershed.