Watershed Management Plan Gains Approval

BOONE, Iowa---Multiple groups, including landowners have helped develop a Watershed Management Plan for the Don Williams Lake in northern Boone County and last week, the US EPA approved the work.  The plan was developed over the last two-years and was submitted last November.  Don Williams Lake was added to the list of impaired waters in 1998 because of siltation and organic enrichment.  The plan outlines a 1,593 ton per year reduction in sediment over a 20-year planning cycle.