2025 GOALS
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Continue to partner with ODNR to keep the waters of Indian Lake navigable for users of the lake.
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Continue our water quality monitoring program by incorporating data to be available online.
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Update Sediment Survey data for Indian Lake and continue to provide information online.
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Securing state funding for additional shoreline protection around Indian Lake.
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Complete installation of auto monitoring systems in our tributaries to establish data for sediment and nutrients entering the lake annually.
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Complete wetland construction in the State Park Campgrounds through our H2Ohio grant.
Sandy Helgeson was Vice President of the Watershed Project and the driving force behind the Nashville Hitmakers concert. For more than fifteen years, Sandy poured her heart into the success of Nashville Hitmakers, leading it from its inception and helping raise over half a million dollars in support of our mission.
Her vision, leadership, and passion played a vital role in shaping the concert into what it is today. Sandy’s warmth, dedication, and radiant spirit touched everyone she met. Her legacy lives on in the lives she changed and the music she helped bring to our community.
PAST PROJECTS
Major Accomplishments dating back to 1990
Cost shared on: 45 no-till planters and 23 no-till drills
$1,385,531.44
Low Interest Loans: 24 no-till planters, no-till drills, compost barn,
liquid manure spreader, GPS system, chopper pump for lagoon
$742,874.00
4 Pesticide/Nutrient Containment Facilities
$48,236.00
Filter Strips Installed
264 acres of trees and grass
Grassed waterways
74.4 acres
South Fork Snag and Clear Project
$113,250.00 for 7 miles
Streambank Protection
1510 feet
Sediment Basin installed
1.7 acres
Wetlands Installed
6 acres
Riparian Easement
8.235 acres
Dr. Jones - Shoreline Erosion Survey 2024
$26,000
Sediment Survey with EnviroScience 2024
$55,000
H2Ohio XX Acre Wetland Project State Park Campgrounds 2024
$750,000
Dredge Planning Survey with Peter Berrini & Associates 2023
$10,000
Weed Harvesting on Indian Lake Removing XX cubic yards of aquatic weeds 2022
$800,0000
Dr. Jones - Lake Improvement Study and Management Plan 2022
$50,000
9 Element Plan with CEC Consultants 2022
$25,000
Purchased Lake Weed Digest Eco Weed Harvester 2021
$93,318
Purchased Aquarius Weed Harvester “Lake Raker” 2011
$127,085
