Efforts to upgrade the Kankakee River's watershed have gotten a $7.9 million boost. The Indiana Department of Agriculture says it's gotten funding from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service for its Kankakee Watershed Initiative.
The project aims to control the amount of water and nutrients entering the river system by installing three thousand acres of new conservation cover, two miles of two-stage ditches and 800 acres of wetland easements, among other initiatives. The Regional Conservation Partnership Program could also include educational events and cover crop seeds for urban farmers.
The project involves more than 40 partner organizations in Indiana and Illinois.
