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Macon County Soil and Water Conservation District <br /> May 1, 2013— December 31, 2014 <br /> Year End Report on the Lake Decatur Watershed Protection Program <br /> Change in District Staff: <br /> Sue Russotti was hired as Administrative Coordinator, and started September 15, 2014. <br /> Watershed Conservation Cost-Share Projects: <br /> This year saw a dramatic increase in the number of completed projects,due to a full SWCD staff <br /> and favorable weather conditions. <br /> The follo ing list shows allprojects completed and paid for in FY2014: <br /> Units Type of Units Practice Installed Acres Benefitted Cost Share <br /> Provided <br /> 600 Linear Feet Dry Dam 23.4 $10,000.00 <br /> 4,840 Linear Feet Terraces 37.7 $5,000.00 <br /> 2.1 Acres Waterway 285.3 $7,789.45 <br /> 120 Acres Cover Crops 120 $2,759.40 <br /> 0.3 Acres Waterway 470 $1,987.50 <br /> 1 Unit Water Control Structure 15.1 $2,271.94 <br /> 2.4 Acres 2 Waterways, 1 grade stab. structure 120.9 $5,873.98 <br /> 1.4 Acres 1 Waterway 103.8 $3,514.04 <br /> 1,140 Linear Feet Streambank(2 sides of a 570' section) 1,676.8 $3,644.98 <br /> 1 Unit Wetland 165.4 $10,566.64 <br /> 80 Acres Cover Crops 80 $2,028.00 <br /> 56 Acres Cover Crops 56 $1,091.90 <br /> 0.8 Acres 2 Waterways 13 $1,713.00 <br /> 2.9 Acres 1 Waterway 619.2 $5,509.89 <br /> 1.5 Acres 1 Waterway 45 $2,828.42 <br /> T_ Totals 3,831.6 Acres $66,579.14 <br /> The following projects have been approved for funding, and are either in the surveying or design <br /> stage, with construction being planned for 2015: <br /> 1 waterway across three landowners and a block chute in Oakley Township <br /> 40 acres strip-till in Oakley Township <br /> 2 waterways in Friends Creek East Township <br /> 3 waterways in Long Creek East Township <br /> 1 stabilization project in Mount Zion West Township <br /> 2 streambank stabilization projects in Whitmore Township <br /> 1 sediment basin repair in Piatt County <br /> 5 waterways in Piatt County <br /> Interest in the program remains strong; we will begin allocating funds for the upcoming fiscal <br /> year. With strong coordination with the Piatt County SWCD and both NRCS offices,the LDWP <br /> is well known by the producers in the majority of the watershed. <br />