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Geist Watershed Public Meeting January 27 - 03 Feb 2010
Efforts to improve the water quality of the Geist Reservoir are making continued progress. The focus of recent activities of the Upper White River Watershed Alliance and Geist Watershed Alliance has been development of an Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan for the reservoir. Funded by an Indiana Department of Natural Resources Lake and River Enhancement Grant, [...]
Read Full Post »Public Meeting with the Senators - 19 May 2009
Geist Watershed Alliance Public Meeting Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Geist Elementary School, School Cafeteria 14051 East 104th St., Fortville, IN 46040 Dr. Tedesco, Senator Gard, Senator Merritt among others will be attending.
Read Full Post »Watershed Project Gears Up to Improve Water Quality - 18 May 2009
After algal blooms and public health concerns drew attention to the fragile nature of local water quality, a group of concerned citizens teamed up with the Upper White River Watershed Alliance to secure a grant to study pollution in the reservoir and where it is coming from.
Read Full Post »You Can Have a Say in the Future of the Lake - 09 Aug 2008
Now that the Geist Watershed Alliance (GWA) has received its grant of $54,000 from the Lake and River Enhancements (LARE) section of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), it is positioned to make a major impact on the future health of Geist Reservoir, as well as the other waters in this regional basin. Important [...]
Read Full Post »Gwen White of LARE discusses the GWA grant award - 17 Jul 2008
After learning the news that the Geist Watershed Alliance received an award of $54,000 to fund its mission to protect the reservoir’s water quality, we contacted the Gwen White of the Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) section of Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources to learn more about what this means for our community. Gwen was [...]
Read Full Post »GWA Receives State Grant to Protect Reservoir - 16 Jul 2008
By Wendy Thanisch Wendy@atGeist.com The Geist Community’s own non-profit water quality protection organization, the Geist Watershed Alliance (GWA), was notified on July 9th that it has been awarded $54,000 from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to fund the development of a watershed management plan. This is the GWA’s first big achievement, and is significant [...]
Read Full Post »July GWA Meeting will be a Free Urban Conservation Workshop - 05 Jun 2008
The Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District’s urban conservationist, Shaena Smith, has been working hard to help the Geist community get the information and resources it needs to address the reservoir’s high nutrient levels. In the June issue of the atGeist Newsletter, the following article will appear which promotes a workshop organized by the [...]
Read Full Post »Keep lawns safe for you, your family, pets and wildlife - 03 Jun 2008
The latest issue of Indiana Living Green featured an article that seems to have been written with Geist in mind. The author, Lynn Jenkins, has kindly permitted us to post it on our website. For those not yet familiar with this magazine, you can check it out online when you click the link to finish [...]
Read Full Post »Join Runoff Rangers to Help Prevent Another Blue-Green Algae Bloom - 29 May 2008
Runoff Rangers Will Monitor Soil Erosion from Construction Sites The Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club has started organizing workshops to train volunteers to monitor construction sites for required erosion control measures. The Hoosier Chapter’s liaison to the Geist Watershed Alliance, Bowden Quinn, has been working hard to give Geist residents this opportunity to learn [...]
Read Full Post »GWA Volunteers to Help Spread the Word at the Geist Half-Marathon - 15 May 2008
Saturday, May 17th will be an early morning for many alliance members when they head out to the marina to man a water booth for Half-Marathon racers crossing the finish line. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with Geist residents in order to get the word out about the dangers of phosphorus in [...]
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