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161C.7 WATERSHED PROTECTION.
1. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall
implement and administer a watershed protection program. The
department of agriculture and land stewardship, in consultation with
the department of natural resources, shall annually establish a
prioritized list of watersheds that are of the highest importance to
the state's water quality. The watershed protection program shall,
to the extent practical, target for assistance those watersheds on
the prioritized list. A soil and water conservation district, in
cooperation with state agencies, local units of government, and
private organizations, may submit an application for assistance to
the department which provides a strategy for protecting soil, water
quality, and other natural resources, and improving flood control in
the watershed. Upon approval of an application, the department may
provide a grant to the soil and water conservation district for
purposes of carrying out the strategy provided in the application.
2. A watershed protection account is created within the water
protection fund created in section 161C.4. Moneys credited to the
account shall be distributed under the watershed protection program.
3. Administrative rules used for water quality protection
projects under the water protection fund shall be used to administer
the watershed protection program. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 204, §27; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2004 Acts, ch 1101,
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