Recently, community members from Big Stone, Swift, Stevens, Grant, Douglas, and Otter Tail County have been coming together to talk about one thing we all have in common; the Pomme de Terre River. Whether you’re a lakeshore owner, an agricultural producer, an angler, or a city resident, the Pomme de Terre River and its watershed...Read More
Join us for an Open House and Conversation about watershed management in the local area. Informative booths, free Nitrate testing, presentations, kid activities, food, conversations about what’s important to you, and more…Read More
The Pomme de Terre Watershed is moving into the One Watershed, One Plan planning process. During the creation of this ten-year planning document, involvement from a number of various counties, agencies, local units, and landowners is necessary to create a plan that focuses on our community needs, goals, and capacity. To accomplish this the Pomme...Read More
PDTRA and Swift County SWCD are getting things done for the Pomme de Terre Watershed as a result of locally-led planning, fund acquisition, and project work. A dam was constructed on Drywood Creek in 1972 and failed in 1997. This failure left a non-functioning structure pushing the creek around the left and right abutments, resulting...Read More
From Stalker Lake in Otter Tail County to Marsh Lake in Swift County the Pomme de Terre River winds and twists through thickets of trees and dense vegetation, rolling hills, alongside homes and cities, and through the wide open spaces of agricultural Minnesota. 2 Days, 30 paddlers, and 12 miles of river Despite the heat...Read More
The Pomme de Terre River Association’s Seasonal Technician, Nicole, is well into the 2017 field season. Nicole hit the ground running this past May monitoring 30+ sites including lakes, stretches of the Pomme de Terre River, and tributaries to the PdT to investigate the health of our waters. These efforts are part of a two-year...Read More
