Watershed - Gordon Creek (SP05)
Gordon Creek Watershed

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The Gordon Creek Watershed lies in southwestern Dane, northwestern Green and southeastern Iowa counties. The watershed is impacted by agricultural nonpoint source pollutions and ranks high in priority for nonpoint source pollution abatement. Three creeks in the watershed are on the state's list of impaired (303d) waters. However, the water quality in the watershed has improved as more land is set aside for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and other forms of grassland management. Although the population of this rural watershed is not expected to grow significantly, development pressures and factory-style farming could threaten these improvements.

Date  2002