English River WMA

The English River WMA is an interagency collaborative working to improve this southeast Iowa watershed. Photos courtesy of Dan Ehl and Steve Berger.

A watershed is "all of the land that drains water into a particular point, usually a stream, lake or river" (Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Watersheds 101). A watershed boundary divides a particular drainage basin from the one next to it. The English River watershed covers approximately 627 square miles of southeastern Iowa. It includes portions of Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Poweshiek,  ...