2014 Protect Rathbun Lake Annual Meeting Report

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Rathbun Land and Water Alliance members and partners include the following individuals, agencies and organizations: Landowners in the Rathbun LakeWatershed; CoBank; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Division of Soil Conservation; Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Iowa StateUniversity; Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board; Southern Iowa Development and Conservation Authority; US Army Corps of Engineers; USEnvironmental Protection Agency; USDA Farm Service Agency; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas,Monroe, and Wayne Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Counties; Iowa Farm Bureau at the stateand county levels; and Rathbun Regional Water Association.



Dr. Eugene Takle has a BA degree in physics and math from Luther College and PhDfrom the Iowa State University Department of Physics. He joined the ISU faculty in1971 in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences and the Depart-ment of Agronomy and currently directs the ISU Climate Science Program. His re-search on climate change has focused both on regional climate science and impact ofclimate change on streamflow, road and building design, crop production, forestfire, and a variety of other issues.

He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and currently serves as Trus-tee of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research as well as coordinatingLead Co-author on the agriculture chapter of the US National Climate Assessment.

Rathbun Land and Water Alliance9th Annual Protect Rathbun Lake Meeting

September 11, 2014Allerton Centennial Building — Allerton, Iowa

AgendaWelcome — Rathbun Land and Water Alliance President, John Glenn

Protect Rathbun Lake Project Review — Velvet Buckingham

Landowner Recognitions — Rathbun Lake Protectors

Steak Supper — Appanoose County Cattlemen

Featured Speaker — Dr. Gene Takle

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The Rathbun Land and Water Allianawards at the Governor’s Environmenta

Award ceremony held at the WallaceMoines on July 15 – the Water Qualit

Award and the Environmental Education

Award .

The awards are coordinated by the GOffice, the Iowa Department of Natuthe Iowa Department of AgricultureStewardship, the Iowa Partnership foProgress, the Iowa Department of EIowa Department of Public Health, aWaste Reduction Center.

“The innovations that have been madrecipients to benefit Iowa’s citizens bcally and environmentally are to be cThey showcase the commitment beinmake Iowa a better state now and intsaid Gov. Branstad in presenting the

Rathbun Land and Water Alliance receives two Governor’s Environmental

Rathbun Lake Watershed landowners receive the Iowa Far m Environmental Leader Aw

Six Rathbun Lake Watershed landowners received the Governor’s Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award at a ceremState Fair. The award is a joint effort between the Governor, Lt Governor, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Stewardship, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to recognize the efforts of Iowa's farmers as environmencommitted to healthy soils and improved water quality. Pictured with each recipient above is Iowa Department of NaDirector, Chuck Gipp, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey. We offer a special thank you to the Appanoose County

Cattlemen and those who assist them for once againpreparing and servingtonight’s grilled steaksupper.

Say, “Cheese!” Thankyou to Jamie Wilsonfor taking photos thisevening.

Next year the Rathbun Land and Water Alliance will reachthe milestone of the 10th Annual Protect Rathbun Lake

Meeting. One of the changes anticipated for next year is achange in the way you — Rathbun Lake Watershed

landowners — are notified about the annual meeting.

We encourage you to watch and listen for notices inAugust of next year.

There are no plans to move the annual meeting from themonth of September.

Lucas County

Ron and Darla Main

Clarke County

Hunter Brothers, Inc.

Appanoose County Wayne County De

Jason and Amy Boyer Doyle and Barb Ewing Joe a

Pictured L-R: Governor Branstad, RLWA Vice-President, Kim Francisco, RLWAPresident, John Glenn, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director, Chuck

Gipp.



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The Protect Rathbun Lake Project was created by the Rathbun Land and Water Alliance in2004 in an effort to protect land located in the Rathbun Lake Watershed and Rathbun Lake – avaluable resource. The Rathbun Lake Watershed is located in the six southern Iowa Countiesof Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne and covers 354,000 acres.Rathbun Lake is the primary water source for Rathbun Regional Water Association, whichprovides drinking water to 80,000 people in southern Iowa and northern Missouri.

Since the Protect Rathbun Lake Project began, Alliance members and partners have provided significant financial and technical supportfor the organization’s efforts. More than $26 million in financial support has been contributed for project activities in the RathbunLake Watershed. More than $3.7 million has been invested in best management practices by landowners in the watershed to protectRathbun Lake.

This partnership includes the following individuals, organizations, and agencies: Participating landowners in the Rathbun LakeWatershed; CoBank; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Division of Soil Conservation; Iowa Department ofNatural Resources; Iowa State University; Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board; Southern Iowa Development andConservation Authority; US Army Corps of Engineers; US Environmental Protection Agency; USDA Farm Service Agency; USDANatural Resources Conservation Service; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Soil and Water ConservationDistricts; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Counties; Iowa Farm Bureau at the state and county levels; andRathbun Regional Water Association.

The support (see table below) has enabled the Alliance to share the cost of installing best management practices with landowners inthe watershed as well as carry out other important project activities. This support also allows two full time staff to coordinate theinstallation of best management practices by working with watershed landowners at the field level and one technician is stationed inthe Chariton field office.

In addition to the installation of conservation practices, the support enabled the creation of a landowner recognition program, andhelped fund water quality monitoring and Rathbun Lake shoreline and wetland restoration.



Table 2: Cumulative summary of BMPs installed and load reductions achieved in the 42 targeted sub-wate~ See map below ~

Cumulative(FFY ‘04– June 30, 2014)

Practice Units

Installed Acres

Benefited Gross Erosion

Reduction Tons/Yr. Sediment Delivery

Reduction Tons/ yr. Pho

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Terraces 1,399,849 feet 13,279 24,192 24,158

Water & Sediment Basins 423 1,247 2,377 2,642

Grade Stabilization Structures 129 4,054 2,554 7,043 Sediment Basin 12 3,054 851 7,072

Livestock Exclusion 8 acres 8 84 32

Pasture & Hayland Seeding 1,210 acres 1,210 5,092 1,808

Grassed Waterways 44.8 acres 626 497 510

CRP buffer / filter strips 20.8 acres 37.8 46 23

Fence 13,022 feet

Heavy Use Protection Areas 10

Pipeline 3,160 feet

Tanks 7

Brush Management 280 acres

Nutrient Management 159.7 acres

TOTALS 23,515 ac. 35,693 t/y 43,288 t/y 183,9

WIRB andBMPUpdateShown at left isthe progress ofthe IowaWatershedImprovementReview Boardfunding.Tables locatedabovesummarizeBMPsinstalled, and

load reductionsachieved in the42 targetedsub-watersheds.

2010 — WIRB #6 BMP Progress — October 31, 2014South Fork Chariton River #1, Upper West Jackson Creek, Upper Jackson Creek, Lost Branch, Chariton River #6

Practice Grant Obligation Obligated-Unspent Expended Available BalanceSeeding $6,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,000.00Waterways $3,715.00 $0.00 $3,714.30 $0.70

Terraces $212,100.00 $48,954.13 $129,345.98 $33,799.89

Debris Basins $123,705.00 $0.00 $64,420.47 $59,284.53

Basins $57,600.00 $0.00 $34,480.53 $23,119.47

Structures $51,200.00 $13,261.20 $34,281.21 $3,657.59

IJOBS Terrace $36,900.00 $0.00 $29,814.25 $7,085.75Total $491,220.00 $62,215.33 $296,056.74 $132,947.93

2009 — WIRB #5 BMP Progress — December 31, 2014

Sandy Branch, Goodwater Creek, Hamilton Creek, Chariton River #3, Lower Chariton Creek

Practice Grant Obligation Obligated-Unspent Expended Available Balance

Terraces $100,000.00 $0.00 $98,241.20 $1,758.80Debris Basins $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Total $100,000.00 $0.00 $98,241.20 $1,758.80


Seeding $5,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $5,000.00

Terraces $66,150.00 $0.00 $42,595.25 $23,554.75

Basins $9,000.00 $0.00 $5,112.33 $3,887.67

Structures $17,640.00 $0.00 $0.00 $17,640.00

Total $97,790.00 $0.00 $47,707.58 $50,082.42

2012 WIRB #8 BMP Progress — February 28, 2016Chariton River #5, Chariton River #10, Middle Wolf Creek #2


Terraces $78,750.00 $0.00 $50,723.07 $28,026.93

Debris Basins $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Grade Stabilization Structures $23,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $23,000.00Water Sediment Basins $11,250.00 $0.00 $0.00 $11,250.00

Priority Land Conversion $3,750.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,750.00

Grassed waterways $750.00 $0.00 $0.00 $750.00

Total $117,500.00 $0.00 $50,723.07 $66,776.93

2011 WIRB #7 BMP Progress — February 28, 2017Upper and Lower Dick Creek, Chariton River #4, Chariton River #8


Seeding $3,750.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,750.00

Terraces $88,200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $88,200.00

Debris Basins $15,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $15,000.00

Basins $15,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $15,000.00

Structures $22,050.00 $0.00 $0.00 $22,050.00

Total $144,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $144,000.00

2013 WIRB #9 BMP Progress — February 28, 2017South Fork Walker Branch, Middle Wolf Creek #1

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The primary goal of the Alliance’s Protect Rathbun Lake Prsediment and phosphorus delivery to Rathbun Lake and walake’s watershed.

GIS technology was used to create a model that identifies priis land determined to have the greatest potential to delivphosphorous to Rathbun Lake.

Knowing where to

install best management practices has been significant to the success ofreducing contaminants delivered to Rathbun Lake. The goal is to treat30,000 acres of priority land which will reduce annual sediment andphosphorus delivery to Rathbun Lake by an estimated 90,000 tons ofsediment and 360,000 pounds of phosphorus.

In the ten years since the project began, significant progress has been madetoward the goal of reduced sediment and acres treated. The graphic belowillustrates this progress.

Sponsorship — The Rathbun Landand Water Alliance will once again spon-sor the annual hay bale art contest in Lu-cas County. Lucas County is one of sixcounties in the Rathbun Lake Watershed.The event helps to draw attention to theimportant role hay and pasture ground play in the protec-tion of water quality and soil conservation.

WHO TV13 News anchor, Dan Winters, has agreed toserve as a judge for the event. Decorated hay bales will bei n p l a c e b e t w e e n S e p t e m b e r 1 5 a n d

November 1 for the general public to view.

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Project WebsiteThe project website located at rlwa.org provides information aboutactivities carried out through the Protect Rathbun Lake Project, includingvideos and podcasts of interviews of Rathbun Lake Protectors andhighlighted activities of the Alliance.

Media CampaignInformation about the Alliance’s Protect Rathbun Lake Project

activities continues to be featured in agriculturalpublications and local media. Interviews on the farmshow — The Big Show on 1040 Who — are featuredquarterly.

ExhibitsExhibits displaying Rathbun Lake and Protect Rathbun Lake Project

associated information were featured at various outlets during the pastyear including the Iowa Water Conference, Annual Utility Day heldat the state capital and trade shows and the Iowa State Fair. Theexhibits serve to inform the general public a bout the activities carriedout by the Alliance and project partners.



The Alliance’s Board of Directors consists of 11 members. Seven of these members are appointe

terms by the Appanoose, Wayne, and Lucas SWCD and Board of Supervisors and Rathbun RAssociation. These seven board members appoint the remaining four at-large board memberboard members are appointed annually at the board of directors’ first meeting after the becalendar year.

John Glenn, Alliance President, Rathbun Regional Water Association Dennis Smith, Lucas County Board of Supe

Kim Francisco, Alliance Vice President, at-large member Kevin Luedtke, Lucas County SWCD Bruce George, Alliance Secretary/Treasurer , at-large member John Sellers, Wayne County Board of Super

Jody McDanel, Appanoose County Board of Supervisors Ralph Alshouse, at-large director

Chuck Moore, Appanoose County SWCD Jim Sullivan, at-large director Dennis Ryan, Monroe County Board of Supervisors

Marty BrasterRathbun Regional Water AssociationEnvironmental Management [email protected] 641.647.2416

Velvet Buckingham IDALS, DSCProtect Rathbun Lake Project [email protected] 641.872.1350

Brian DeMoss Lucas County SWCDEnvironmental Specialist [email protected]

Tyler JacobsenRathbun Regional WaGIS [email protected]

Jeff Pfeifer IDALS, DSCProtect Rathbun Lake [email protected]

The Rathbun Land and Water Alliance created the Rathbun Lake Protectors Program nineyears ago to encourage and recognize the actions by individuals or groups to protectR a t h b u n L a k e . E a c h y e a r , t h e A l l i a n c e i n v i t e s o u rlocal Soil and Water Conservation Districts to nominate individuals in the Rathbun LakeWatershed to be recognized for their contributions to the protection of Rathbun Lake.These individuals have been willing to try new approaches to water quality improvementand their nominations were based on past efforts as well aspresent and planned actions to protect water quality.

Signs that identify landowners who have been selected as Rathbun LakeProtectors continue to be installed throughout the Rathbun Lake Watershed like the one installed on theMonroe County farm of Mike and Brenda Ryan (at the right) and the being installed on the Jason andAmy Boyer farm in Clarke County. Plaques noting the names of these landowners are also d isplayed ineach Soil and Water Conservation District office.

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Appanoose and Monroe — Margaret CopeClarke — Dennis SchrodtDecatur — Kevin ReynoldsLucas and Wayne — Kevin Reynolds (interim)

2013 Rathbun Lake Protectors pictured L-R: Honorary Protector, Jerry Miller; Lucas County, Robert andCarolyn Erickson; Clarke County, Jason and Amy Boyer; Decatur County, Connie Hook; Wayne County,Rhonda and Richard Mason and Max Moore; Appanoose County, Doyle and Barb Ewing; and Rathbun

Land and Water Alliance President, John Glenn.

Appanoose CountyClarkes and Jean ArgoPaul and Suzanne TurnerChuck and Connie MooreDaryl and Karen TisueRob and Betty Rae PottsDale and Barbara SieversArthur and Mary Lemley

Clarke County Jim and Betty SullivanSteve and Dody OsgoodMike and Tracy ShayTerry and Lorie BearBob TrislerKenlyn Kelso

Honorary Rathbun Lake ProtectorsUbbo Agena Lyle Asell Jerry MillerDoug Bahl Bill Duey

Decatur County Jeff Sullivan Jim and Betty Sullivan Joe and Joanie BoggsDick and Connie HinesNorman and Judy JenkinsRick and Joy JacksonDAN-D-ACRESS II Judd and Joyce Dent

Wayne County Jim and Betty CarpenterWarren HolderDorothy Conner Jim and Marlene Carlisle Jim and Barb CoryRon and Darla MainAustin BennettGlen and Linda HolmLowell and Merilynn FrameGerald and Geraldine BeckerBrian and Lisa MooreGrandpa Brown

Lucas CountyMark BatchelderHunter Brothers, Mike and NickBrad and Cathy ReeceRandy and Sandy SwartzTravis and Anne SwartzDwaine and Twyla EvansRick and Kathy SchlutzMarshall and Julie SchlutzW.B. Smith FamilyMartha Shanks Jeff and Jayne MillerAdam and Sara Curran

Monroe CountyNorman VoteMike and Brenda Ryan

Documents

2014 Protect Rathbun Lake Annual Meeting Report