Grants Funding Statewide Water Projects
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says 33 projects in 25 counties will share in nearly $1.3 million in grants. The funding through the Lake and River Enhancement program will support projects including erosion control and upgrading aquatic habitats.
DNR Director of Fish & Wildlife Mark Reiter says the funding is a win for Hoosiers throughout the state, saying they will "improve aquatic habitat, reduce erosion and sedimentation and create improved opportunities for boating and fishing."
The supported projects include:
Beauty Creek (Porter)
Engineering feasibility of channel erosion control
$52,000
Blue River (Washington)
Watershed land treatment
$30,000
Cedar Creek (DeKalb)
Watershed land treatment
$26,000
Deep River (Lake)
Engineering feasibility study of dam removal
$25,000
Driftwood River (Bartholomew)
Watershed land treatment
$30,000
Eagle Creek (Boone)
Streambank stabilization
$100,000
Eel River (Wabash)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Fox Lake (Steuben)
Bank stabilization
$25,000
Iroquois River and Carpenter Creek (Jasper)
Watershed land treatment
$30,000
Lake Galbraith (Marshall)
Water quality monitoring
$15,000
Little River (Huntington)
Dam removal
$80,000
Loefler and Scott ditches (Gibson)
Watershed land treatment
$10,000
Metz Lateral (Big Creek) (Posey)
Streambank stabilization
$15,000
Mississinewa River (Grant)
Design for streambank stabilization
$20,000
Mississinewa River (Delaware and Randolph)
Watershed land treatment
$25,000
Ohio River (Posey)
Engineering feasibility for streambank stabilization
$20,000
Pigeon Creek (Gibson)
Water quality monitoring
$8,000
Pretty Lake (LaGrange)
Water quality monitoring
$12,000
Silver Creek, Neiman Creek, Loon Creek and Wabash River (Wabash)
Watershed diagnostic study
$38,000
Spy Run Creek (Allen)
Stream habitat enhancement
$100,000
St. Mary’s River (Allen)
Streambank stabilization
$100,000
Sugar Creek (Boone)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Sugar Creek (Clinton)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Tippecanoe River (Kosciusko)
Dam removal
$40,000
Trail Creek (LaPorte)
streambank stabilization
$64,000
Turkey Creek (Kosciusko)
Design for channel erosion control
$20,000
Turtle Creek (Sullivan)
Watershed land treatment
$30,000
Upper Tippecanoe River (Kosciusko)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Upper Tippecanoe River (Whitley)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Veale, Aikman and Hawkins creeks (Daviess)
Watershed land treatment
$45,000
Walnut Creek (Grant and Blackford)
Engineering feasibility for streambank stabilization
$20,000
Webster Lake (Kosciusko)
Bank stabilization on Kline Island
$41,000
Yellow River (Marshall)
Design for streambank stabilization
$50,000