Recent Project Accomplishments

        Agricultural Areas:
         

• Donation of shoreline property by Max Clausen and family to the Nature Conservancy (240 acres) 
• Sisters' Prairie Wetland Reserve Program Site (190 acres-above left)
• Miller Marsh Wetland Reserve Program Site (110 acre-above right) 
• Farmed Wetland CRP Program (115 acres)
• Terrace Construction (2,000 feet)
• Nutrient and Pest Management (1,400 acres)
  
  Developed Areas:
    
• Storm Water Filtration Systems (24 installed - shown above)
• Rain Gardens (6 installed, shown above)
• Porous Pavement (2 installed)
• Vacuum Street Sweeper (New in 2006)
• Storm Drain Stenciling "Don't Dump - Drains to Lake"
• Partnership with Opportunity Village to Maintain Storm Drain Inlets
• Storm Water Utility Fee in Clear Lake ($1.50 monthly fee to pay for storm water improvements)
  
  Clear Lake and Ventura Marsh:
    
• Clear Lake Dredging via IDNR/local governments/private partnership (Began in 2008, shown above)
• Ventura Marsh Restoration via IDNR/Corps of Engineers partnership (scheduled to begin in 2009)
• Lakeshore Stabilization (1,500 ft installed to date - shown above)
• Carp and Zebra Mussel Investigation
  
  Lake Dredging Funding Commitments: 
• $9,500,000 from Iowa Department of Natural Resources
• $2,000,000 from City of Clear Lake
• $1,000,000 from Cerro Gordo County
• $1,000,000+ in private donations
• $200,000 from City of Ventura
• TOTAL: $13,700,000