Agencies working to remove sediment and logjams in Kosciusko County lakes and rivers have received a total of $80,000 to fix those issue from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Kosciusko was one of five counties receiving the grants, which are part of the Lake and River Enhancement program through the DNR’s Division of Fish …read more.

Department of Natural Resources grants totaling more than $447,000 will be used to fight invasive aquatic vegetation in Indiana’s lakes. Kosciusko County organizations will receive $106,142 of the total grant amounts. Additionally Marshall County lakes will receive $36,000 in grants; and Noble County lakes, $9,000. LaGrange, Starke, Fulton and Pulaski, LaPorte, Steuben, Monroe and Brown, …read more.

A total of 23 Indiana Lake and River Enhancement projects, including some in Kosciusko, Whitley and other neighboring counties, are receiving a portion of $994,300 in grants to care for Indiana’s water bodies. The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife operates the LARE program which includes water quality monitoring, bank erosion control, and watershed land treatments to …read more.