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On any given Saturday, spring through fall, Tanners Creek is teeming with anglers competing in a tournament or on their own looking for that big ol' boy they know is out there. Chances are they will hook him sooner or later thanks in part to a new Dearborn County organization that is working hard to keep the creek clean and productive.

Say hello to the Tanners Creek Watershed Steering Committee, which, in our estimation, is among the best ideas to take hold in Dearborn County in recent years. The committee, an offshoot of the Dearborn County Soil and Water Conservation District, has been busy this summer cleaning up the creek in conjunction with other Dearborn organizations, including the county's solid waste mangement district.

The steering committee makes tremendous sense for this county. It is geared toward the needs of environmentalists and sportsmen, boaters, landowners and others who use, need and want a clean creek.

Led by watershed coordinator, Kris Streb, the committee is establishing bylaws, researching funding sources, working out its spending mechanisms and doing other procedural tasks to ensure it is prepared to handle the issues that directly affect Dearborn County and the quality of life and recreation it offers residents and visitors.

The committee is all about clean water. It already is engaged in monitoring programs and technical functions to ensure that the creek is kept clean. For instance, the tehnical subcommittee now is focusing on "Big Tanners Creek" in Lawrenceburg because "the urban, recreational, and development impacts are much higher at this point along Tanners Creek or its tributaries."

Plans include taking bass club members of the subcommittee out on the creek for a visual assessment. In addition, the subcommittee will do a drive inventory for the remainder of the watershed.

Moreover, the steering committee publishes a newsletter. The latest issue includes a survey directed at landowners along the creek. It asks them to identify possible problems within the watershed, and if they are interested in educational field days, cost share programs or recreational programs along the creek. The survey invites the folks who, in many ways, are directly affected by the quality of the creek, to take part in this exciting effort to maintain and improve one of Indiana's best natural waterways.

The steering committee next meets at 7pm, Tuesday, August 14 in the Ohio Room at the Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg. Perhaps you have some ideas to help the committee identify goals and programs. Perhaps the quality of the creek is important enough to you to help with the effort. This new committee is an ideal way to get involved in a community effort that will reward all Dearborn Countians and its visitors for years to come.

You can call the committee "new millennium," you can call it "new age," you can call it "politically correct." We prefer to characterize it as one heck of a good idea whole time has come.

		Gone fishing...in a clean creek

Home Education Monitoring Technical Pictures	On any given Saturday, spring through fall, Tanners Creek is teeming with anglers competing in a tournament or on their own looking for that big ol' boy they know is out there. Chances are they will hook him sooner or later thanks in part to a new Dearborn County organization that is working hard to keep the creek clean and productive. Say hello to the Tanners Creek Watershed Steering Committee, which, in our estimation, is among the best ideas to take hold in Dearborn County in recent years. The committee, an offshoot of the Dearborn County Soil and Water Conservation District, has been busy this summer cleaning up the creek in conjunction with other Dearborn organizations, including the county's solid waste mangement district. The steering committee makes tremendous sense for this county. It is geared toward the needs of environmentalists and sportsmen, boaters, landowners and others who use, need and want a clean creek. Led by watershed coordinator, Kris Streb, the committee is establishing bylaws, researching funding sources, working out its spending mechanisms and doing other procedural tasks to ensure it is prepared to handle the issues that directly affect Dearborn County and the quality of life and recreation it offers residents and visitors. The committee is all about clean water. It already is engaged in monitoring programs and technical functions to ensure that the creek is kept clean. For instance, the tehnical subcommittee now is focusing on "Big Tanners Creek" in Lawrenceburg because "the urban, recreational, and development impacts are much higher at this point along Tanners Creek or its tributaries." Plans include taking bass club members of the subcommittee out on the creek for a visual assessment. In addition, the subcommittee will do a drive inventory for the remainder of the watershed. Moreover, the steering committee publishes a newsletter. The latest issue includes a survey directed at landowners along the creek. It asks them to identify possible problems within the watershed, and if they are interested in educational field days, cost share programs or recreational programs along the creek. The survey invites the folks who, in many ways, are directly affected by the quality of the creek, to take part in this exciting effort to maintain and improve one of Indiana's best natural waterways. The steering committee next meets at 7pm, Tuesday, August 14 in the Ohio Room at the Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg. Perhaps you have some ideas to help the committee identify goals and programs. Perhaps the quality of the creek is important enough to you to help with the effort. This new committee is an ideal way to get involved in a community effort that will reward all Dearborn Countians and its visitors for years to come. You can call the committee "new millennium," you can call it "new age," you can call it "politically correct." We prefer to characterize it as one heck of a good idea whole time has come.