Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Rathbun Regional Water Association recently toured water quality protection structures implemented in the Rathbun Lake Watershed. Many of the structures were built through the Protect Rathbun Lake Project, which is administered by the Rathbun Land and Water Alliance.

Rathbun Land and Water Alliance members and partners include the following individuals, agencies and organizations:  Landowners in the Rathbun Lake Watershed; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Division of Soil Conservation; Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Iowa State University; Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board; Southern Iowa Development and Conservation Authority; US Army Corps of Engineers; US Environmental Protection Agency; USDA Farm Service Agency; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne Counties; Iowa Farm Bureau at the state and county levels; and Rathbun Regional Water Association.