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Iowa School for the Deaf Ready for Rain
Iowa School for the Deaf
(ISD) in Council Bluffs is
taking a proactive
approach to managing
storm water on their campus, and teachers are educating their students about
the water quality...
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Showcase
Conservation
Iowa School for the Deaf Ready for Rain
Iowa School for the Deaf
(ISD) in Council Bluffs is
taking a proactive
approach to managing
storm water on their campus, and teachers are educating their students about
the water quality benefits
of the infiltration-based
management practices the
school is adopting.
In the early 1990s, ISD
constructed an outdoor
education environment
with a 20-acre nature center on the north side of
campus, along U.
S.
Highway 92.
The nature
center includes a wetland
site, tall grass prairie, a wildflower plot, a
one-mile walking trail and a 50-foot tall
windmill.
As the years passed, one thing was missing from the nature center – water.
“From
a general appearance, it wasn’t what we
wanted,” said Rich Connell, facilities
director for ISD.
Dale DuVal, district conservationist with
the USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) in Council
Bluffs, says the lack of water in the wetland was due to the area’s soil type and
lack of
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