Watershed Maintenance Work List for 2025-2026

This page is being created so landowners and citizens can see what maintenance work we are working on at each site.

Riser inspections (opening gates/closing gates) and cleaning toe drains took place on 7-18-25
Monitoring vegetation at all sites on 7-18-25
Fish Kill on Site 18a- pond turned over
Fence at Bear Creek completed
We are waiting on our results on our Dam Rehabilitation Reports for all five sites. Inspections were completed in 2024 at each location. NRCS is reviewing the draft reports.
We are working on getting bids for mowing, rodent control, fertilizing at each site. Watershed Boards will have a meeting in August to open bids.
We are working on trying to get some grant funding to install water gauges at the sites. There is a current bid package out to get prices for the equipment and installation.
Fall mowing is projected to take place August 19, 2025 to September 19, 2025, weather permitting
NRCS will complete a design in August or September at site 10D of the plunge basin- we are working on a future project to repair the plunge basin.
SCDES will make an inspection at all the site after the fall mowing is completed.
Fertilizing is projected to take place after the fall mowing but before November 17, 2025
Rodent control is projected to take place December 29, 2025 to February 13, 2026, weather permitting
Watershed Boards annual inspections will take place in February 2026 or March 2026