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Indian Lake Watershed Project
Indian Lake Watershed Project
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Past Projects
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2025 GOALS

  • Continue to partner with ODNR to keep the waters of Indian Lake navigable for users of the lake. 
     

  • Continue our water quality monitoring program by incorporating data to be available online. 
     

  • Update Sediment Survey data for Indian Lake and continue to provide information online.
     

  • Securing state funding for additional shoreline protection around Indian Lake. 
     

  • Complete installation of auto monitoring systems in our tributaries to establish data for sediment and nutrients entering the lake annually. 
     

  • Complete wetland construction in the State Park Campgrounds through our H2Ohio grant.

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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

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