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Welcome
to the Marion County Soil and Water
Conservation District Home Page. The District
works to provide technical, financial, and
educational services to help Marion County
land users conserve soil, water, and related
natural resources.
What's New???
Help Review the Fall Creek Watershed Draft Plan!
Check out appropriate draft sections of the Lower Fall Creek Watershed
Management Plan (WMP) listed below and provide comments back to our SWCD
before September 1, 2008. We truly encourage the inputs of anyone
interested in this project in providing pro and con comments and
suggestions to help us improve our Plan. Send comments and
suggestions via mail to the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation
District 6960 S. Gray Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46237or email the SWCD Director at ron-lauster@iaswcd.org.
If you need a hard copy of the plan phone the office at 317-786-1776. Your efforts will be greatly appreciated. The overall draft report
is currently 52 pages, but you can download individual sections in PDF
format as needed.
Report Preface-
5 pages
Section 1-
Watershed Introduction- 7 pages
Section 2-
Watershed Overview- 11 pages
Section 3-
Water Quality Problems, Causes, & Solutions- 19 pages
Section 4-
Critical Areas- 8 pages
Section 5
Goals and Decisions- 7 pages
Section 6
Implementation & Monitoring Effectiveness- not yet available
Additional Appendices and Exhibits are
available upon request. Learn more about the watershed by visiting
the website at
www.lowerfallcreek.org/.
Please provide comments by September 1st to the Marion Co. SWCD office.
Check out ongoing Watershed Planning Projects
Lower Fall Creek Watershed info is available
at
www.lowerfallcreek.org/..
Central Indiana
Watersheds
Eagle Creek Watershed
Upper White River Alliance
Check out our Backyard Conservation Fact Sheets!
Because of many questions about
around conservation issues and home sites, our District has developed
several fact sheets.
See our Backyard Conservation Fact Sheets. Check out our info on
Invasive Species,
Native
Plants,
Tree
Planting,
Rain
Gardens,
Rain
Barrels, Wildlife
Habitat and
Water Edge Enhancements. Also see the What to do about...
Surface Drainage Around Your Home and
Sub-surface Drainage Around Your Home.
Naturescaping Encouraged.
What is Naturescaping?
It simply is the concept of landscaping with native plants. For ideas on
naturescaping visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s
Landscaping with Native Plants
Website. Also see EPA's natural landscaping plant
factsheets.
Interested individuals are also encouraged to talk to their local plant
nursery personnel, visit their local library for books on natural
landscaping or contact the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation
District.
See our 2007 Annual Activities Report.
The District has
had another extremely busy year. Check out our
2007 Annual Activities Report.
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