By Justin Reid, Manager, Redboine Watershed District

Year 1 (October 2019 to March 2020) in the North Shannon Watershed was focused on landowner meetings to introduce producers to Living Lab-Eastern Prairies and to discuss potential project sites in the watershed. Some initial project sites were determined to be ready to proceed and work began on design and planning stages, as well as some work to prepare the sites. Project design and planning included a water retention, two pollinator habitat plantings, soil sampling and a forage planting.

In the second year (April 2020 to March 2021), we will dive into the construction and planting phases of the projects identified in the first year, and will hold more meetings with farmers and partners to come-up with additional project sites for the third and fourth years.