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1	Squaw Creek and the Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition
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3	Some Facts about the Watershed Drains about 150,000 acres of land ~ 79% agricultural ~ 15% towns/dwellings ~ 5% roadways ~ 1% natural areas Approximately 30,000 human residents
4	Major Tributaries of Squaw Creek Crooked Creek Prairie Creek Montgomery Creek Lundy’s Creek Onion Creek Clear Creek College Creek Worrell Creek
5	March 22, 2001 Over 100 residents of the watershed gathered in Ames for a meeting about the Squaw Creek Watershed Changes over the past few decades Current uses Concerns
6	Concerns Voiced About the Watershed at the 22 March 2001 Meeting
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11	"“Sub-divisions and building along..." “Sub-divisions and building along the creek”
12	"“Pollutants in the water" “Pollutants in the water”
13	The Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition Formed from the watershed meeting held in Ames on 22 March 2001 Current Leadership: Jim Colbert (Chair) Gaylan Crim (Secretary/Treasurer) Erv Klaas and Rick Dietz (IOWATER monitoring Coordinators) Ron Schuck (Storm Water Stenciling Coordinator)
14	Prairie Rivers of Iowa RC&D Jim Cooper Support in establishing the Coalition and in applying for funding
15	Goals of the Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition
16	"Interest local residents in the..." Interest local residents in the Squaw Creek Watershed and the opportunities it offers
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18	"Educate local residents on watershed..." Educate local residents on watershed issues, and provide leadership to help protect and improve the environmental health of the watershed
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25	"Support economic benefits to landowners..." Support economic benefits to landowners that promote protection of Squaw Creek E.g., CRP, riparian buffer strips, CREP sites
26	"Help local residents protect Squaw..." Help local residents protect Squaw Creek for their kids, and their kids, and their kids......
27	What ARE the major issues facing Squaw Creek and other Central Iowa streams? Quite close, actually, to the concerns expressed by Squaw Creek Watershed residents…..
28	Major Issues Extreme variations in flow Erosion and sedimentation Elevated nutrient levels (nitrate and phosphate) Loss of biodiversity Elevated “coliform” bacteria levels Trash
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33	Nutrients come from both urban and agricultural settings
34	Freshwater Mussels Iowa has lost 28 of its 55 species of mussels Of the remaining 27 species, 14 are listed as threatened or endangered
35	Amblema plicata (Three-ridge Mussel) We’ve found dead shells in Squaw Creek and the Skunk River, but have never seen a live one
36	Trash Certainly not the most important issue facing Iowa streams But, a clear indicator of the extent to which we, as a community, value streams
37	What’s the BEST way to keep informed of SCWC activities? Join the ListServe!! Put: Squawcreek-subscribe@yahoogroups.com in the “TO” line of an e-mail and send it - response will tell you what to do
38	Thanks to our partners! Prairie Rivers of Iowa RC&D Soil and Water Conservation Districts IOWATER The City of Ames Story County Conservation
39	"Skunk River Paddlers" Skunk River Paddlers BSC, SWCC, SEC Barker-Lemar Engineering Iowa State University - especially the Biology Program and the Learning Communities Program