New Watershed Plan Improves Water Quality at the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery
July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Trout need clear and cold water to live and thrive. Sediment flowing into Siewers Spring, the water source for the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery, creates muddy water conditions after larger rainfall events in the Trout Run watershed.
Over the past 16 years, there have been an average of 42 days per year when the trout could not be fed at the hatchery due to clo . . .
Trout need clear and cold water to live and thrive. Sediment flowing into Siewers Spring, the water source for the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery, creates muddy water conditions after larger rainfall events in the Trout Run watershed.
Over the past 16 years, there have been an average of 42 days per year when the trout could not be fed at the hatchery due to clo . . .