Happenings

Snapp/Kelso and Smalls Creek Watershed Project Our next steering committee meeting will be next week on Tuesday May 30, 2023. It will be held at the Knox County SWCD office. After analyzing stakeholder concerns at our March meeting, we will look at our problems that reflect the concerns on which the group has chosen to… Continue reading

At our March meeting, the group analyzed stakeholder concerns. This consisted of determining whether the concern was supported by our data, what is the evidence, if it is quantifiable, if it’s within the scope of the project, and if the group wants to focus on it. At our next meeting, in May, we will work… Continue reading

Earlier this month I gave an update about the Snapp/Kelso & Smalls Creek Watershed Project at the SWCD annual meeting. A few of the concerns that were touched on was the high levels of total suspended solids (TSS) and E. coli that have been found during stormflow events. Along with high levels of nitrate and… Continue reading

The Knox County Soil and Water Conservation District will be holding its Annual Meeting at Highland Woods Community Center on March 6, 2023, at 6:30PM.  This event is free to attend but reservations are required by February 22 and can be made by calling the SWCD office at (812) 882-8210 ext. 3. Christopher Nettles will… Continue reading

Our next Watershed Steering Committee Meeting will be at the SWCD office on January 31, 2023. We will be meeting at noon in the conference room. For more information or if you have questions or concerns with any water quality issues in Snapp/Kelso or Smalls Creek, please let me know at Christopher.nettles@nacdnet.net . Water quality… Continue reading

As 2022 comes to an end, I will be updating the water quality data with everything that has been collected so far. We had an informative meeting earlier this month with Dick Vermillion, Knox County Surveyor, about what’s happening in the watershed. If you have questions or concerns with any water quality issues in Snapp/Kelso… Continue reading

We will be holding our next steering committee meeting at noon on Wednesday December 7, 2022. We will be hearing from Dick Vermillion, Knox County Surveyor about what’s happening in the watershed. All are welcome and if you are interested in attending, please contact me at Christopher.nettles@nacdnet.net for more details. Water quality monitoring within the… Continue reading

Water quality monitoring within the watershed is continuing on a monthly basis. A map of the watershed can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/5n88upmx . Data can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/y38j9kjv . We have completed the stream assessments and the results will be entered into the data site soon. The next steering committee meeting will be on… Continue reading

Water quality monitoring within the watershed is continuing on a monthly basis. A map of the watershed can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/5n88upmx . Data can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/y38j9kjv . We have been working on stream assessments, which is when we sample for macroinvertebrates living in the streams. Based on the types of macroinvertebrates that… Continue reading

I am continuing to monitor water quality and will be adding data as I sample. I have set up a site where the data can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/y38j9kjv . We will be having our next Steering Committee Meeting on August 23, 2022 at 5PM at the VU Diesel Building and anyone is welcome to… Continue reading