New techniques keep streams
from carrying away farmland

[click on photos below to enlarge]


[A close view of stream barbs that will keep water from undercutting the bank of Kickapoo Creek.]

[Bill Dickerson of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service explains to farmers how the new stream stabilization system works.]

[The owners of the farmland which Kickapoo Creek cuts through, now stabilized with the new stream barbs, are Dan Koons (wearing hat) and Dave Evans.]

[Rock is built into the bank of Kickapoo Creek to help stabilize and support the rock structure in the creek.]

[Looking downstream, the edge of one stream barb is visible, along with a sandbar.]

[At a meeting at the Atlanta Park pavilion, Howard Smith of Growmark talks to farmers about plant pests and diseases.]

[Bill Dickerson of NRCS and Howard Smith of Growmark discuss possible corn yields this year.]

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