It used to be that if you needed help – with your rent, your gas bill, your grocery bill, or your abusive spouse – figuring out whom to call for that help was nearly as complicated as the problem itself.Grants have been awarded for projects at several northeast Indiana lakes, most of them in Kosciusko County.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that grants totaling more than $814,000 have been awarded throughout the state by the Lake and River Enhancement program, part of the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, to benefit nearly two dozen lake, river and watershed areas.
A list of area projects by water body, project type and grant award follows:
- Dewart Lake cable run, Kosciusko County; design/build, $56,000.
- Tippecanoe Lake watershed area, Kosciusko County; construction, $50,000.
- Winona Lake, Kosciusko County; engineering feasibility study, $48,400.
- Barbee Lakes chain, Kosciusko County; water quality monitoring, $42,410.
- Hindman Lake/Ritter Branch, design/build, Kosciusko County; $33,600.
- Dewart Lake/Hasse Court and Quaker Haven Project, Kosciusko County; design/build, $12,000.
- Pigeon Creek watershed, Steuben County; watershed land treatment, $40,000.
- Lake of the Woods/McClish Lake, Steuben and LaGrange counties; watershed diagnostic study, $19,480.
- LaGrange County lakes, water quality monitoring, $9,600.
- South Twin Lake, LaGrange County; construction, $640.
