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Published November 16, 2009 10:27 am - Nov. 15, 2009 Area projects employ stimulus funds Four watershed projects in Adair County are among the first to use the money. By RENEE FITE Press Special Writer
STILWELL – Four watershed projects in Adair County are being rehabilitated to last for the next100 years. One of the projects is the first upstream flood control dam in the nation to receive stimulus funds for rehabilitation. Water supply, flooding, soil erosion, fish and wildlife habitat, wetlands and irrigation water management are some of the issues watersheds help control. The projects total cost is $7,531,957. “This allows us to redo the watersheds, add value to the lake, and protect the area for another hundred years,” said District Conservationist Andy Inman. Three of the projects were recently completed and inspected Friday, Inman said. The cost of Sallisaw Creek Sites No. 15, 16 and 20 was $3,510,221 for the rehabilitation work by C. Watts and Sons Construction Company of Oklahoma City. Federal watershed rehabilitation funding was used for these three. Dahlonegah School, Cave Springs School, the Cherokee Children’s Mission, railroad tracks and a number of homes are protected from flooding by these dams. Chain link fence will be installed between Dahlonegah and the watershed to keep children safe, he said. Inman said they’re also making efforts at “going green.” “Giant canary reed grass is being planted on these completed projects,” Inman said, “We’ll wait until the spring to finish. The rip rap and vegetation protect the dirt.” A groundbreaking was held in September with the local, state and federal agencies that worked together on the project represented, including Adair County Conservation District, the City of Stilwell, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Earth Builders Inc. of Decatur, Texas, received the contract for rehabilitation construction for $4,021,736 for Sallisaw site 18 M. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds were used for this project, for a lake which also supplies Stilwell and area rural water districts with water. 
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