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Sharing stories Northey says producers need to celebrate Iowa’s agricultural heritage

by Gordon Wolf Iowa has a lot to be proud of when it comes to agriculture, Iowa Secretary of State Bill Northey said at the 20th annual Cherokee County Ag Show on Wednesday. “We have great agriculture in the state. Sometimes we take it for granted. Sometimes we just assume that after four weeks of no rain, everybody else has eight-foot-tall corn out there. We have wonderful production in Iowa. A great tradition of agriculture, as well. These events (the ag show) celebrate that,” he said. But Northey also pointed out that Iowa’s agriculture producers need to share their story with others, and not just those who live large cities in Iowa and other states, but also those who live in the producers’ communities. He also pointed out that agriculture has its challenges, some of which grab headlines. One such challenge is the 60-day notice of intent to sue issued by Des Moines Water Works to supervisors in Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties regarding drainage districts. Des Moines Water Works says the drainage districts in those counties are discharging groundwater with nitrate levels as high as 39.2 milligrams per liter, which is four times the federally required Safe Drinking Regulatory limit of 10 milligrams per liter. Des Moines Water Works says the drainage districts should be considered point-source contributors to water and should have permits under the National

The Rice Family Farm located north of Ida Grove proclaims its Century Farm status on the barn. Photo by Gordon Wolf

Pollutant Discharge Elimination system (NPDES). “Agriculture is great in Iowa, but we have plenty of challenges. We need to make sure we tell our story at every opportunity we have,” said Northey. He continued that, at an event at which he spoke on Wednesday morning, the conversation was how producers should invite neighbors, individuals from town, members of their church congregation and others to get in the combine in the fall and talk about what’s taking place on farms. “Show them your cover crops. Let’s tell our story a little bit, not just to a relative in Des Moines, but it’s

important to folks in your own community,” Northey said. “That’s a public policy piece that we don’t want to come and clip us later simply because people don’t understand.” He continued that what is occurring on farms, with the technology, the sophistication of operations and the knowledge required to operate farms, is exciting for individuals to see. “We don’t have to teach them the difference between strip till and no till or about 28 percent anhydrous, but if we show them why we’re doing the things we do, how sophisticated we are, how this stuff all interacts, I think

we’ll have a chance to be able to still make our own decisions and hand that opportunity on to the next generation. “People have a sense of trust in many cases, but I think we see in some cases, others are trying to undermine that trust and that appreciation.” An example of how proud Iowa farmers are of their farming operations and farming history can be seen in the Century Farm Awards and Heritage Farm Awards presented each year at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Century Farm Awards are presented to those whose farm has been in the family for 100 years; the Heritage

Farm Award signifies 150 years of family ownership. The day that he helps hand out those awards is Northey’s favorite day at the Iowa State Fair. “We’ll go eight-plus hours of families coming across the stage, picking up an award for having a farm in a family for 100 years or 150 years. We gave out 344 Century Farm awards last year at the state fair, and 88 Heritage Farm awards. There’s a lot of hugging and crying, talking about grandpa, hugging the grandkids and talk about how some day they (the grandkids) will be back in 50 years to receive their own award,” said Northey.

Northey related an incident that occurred three years ago on the day the awards were handed out, when an individual who was setting up the stage in the tent for a rock concert in the evening wanted to talk to him about the Century Farm and Heritage Farm awards. Northey thought the man was going to complain that the awards ceremony took too long, but the individual said it was his first time in Iowa. He’d grown up in Philadelphia and moved to Houston and then to Los Angeles. The individual said watching the families go across the stage to receive their awards was the coolest thing he’d ever seen. “He went on for about 20 minutes, talking about the families, the multiple generations, the hugging, how someone would say their mom lived on the farm for 92 years and that everyone clapped,” said Northey. “And he got it all, and he knew nothing about farming. I’d say he would be the last person that gets this.” Northey said the individual wanted to go back home, get a video camera and return to interview the families on why their farms connect them to the past and the future and to their communities. “I have no idea whether he did that or he didn’t. But I think if some folks are telling him that farmers are ruining the world again, whether it’s water quality this time or dust next time, or they’re saying it’s because we don’t STORIES, Page 2A

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STORIES, from Page 1A take care of our chickens or pigs or our cattle or something else, I believe he would think back to those 400 families he saw cross the stage, and he would say those people wouldn’t do that,” Northey said. “He didn’t know the difference between the things we are doing and the difference between strip till and no till and all those kinds of things, but he would get that we care. That’s part of it.” Northey said some news about agriculture might be only about the economics, but farming is more than just about the dollar, and that part of the story should also be related to people. “We’ll still see some headlines that will make us mad and want to throw the paper on the floor. But some people will get that farmers care, that the vast majority of farmers really care what happens to that land,” said Northey. “We feel a responsibility to those who came before us and to those who come after us, whether they are family members or not, and to the communities we live in. If we can translate that, that will help us get through these challenging times as well. And you can do that by taking folks out and by sharing what’s happening.”

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by Gordon Wolf Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey presented some statistics to point out how important the state’s agriculture production is to the state, nation and the world. Following are his statements. “Iowa is the biggest corn producing state. We also produce more corn than all but three countries in the world. Only the United States, China and Brazil produce more corn than the state of Iowa. “In Iowa, we produce more soybeans than all but four countries in the world: the United States, Brazil, Argentina and China. There’s a lot of other big soybeans producers in other places in the world, but again, Iowa produces more than those countries do. That builds a phenomenal livestock industry that we have here as well. We have more pork production than most other countries in the world. We have more beef production. We have more beef cattle and dairy in Iowa than we do people.”

Families encouraged to apply for Century, Heritage farm awards Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey encouraged eligible farm owners to apply for the 2015 Century and Heritage Farm Program. The program, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau, recognizes families that have owned their farm for 100 years in the case of Century Farms and 150 years for Heritage Farms. Applications are available on the Department’s website at www.IowaAgriculture.gov by clicking on the Century Farm or Heritage Farm link under “Hot Topics.” Applications may also be requested from Becky Lorenz, Coordinator of the Century and Heritage Farm Program, via phone at 515-281-3645, email at Becky. Lorenz@IowaAgriculture.gov or by writing to Century or Heritage Farms Program, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Henry A. Wallace Building, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319. Farm families seeking to qualify for the Century or Heritage Farms Program must submit an application to the Department no later than June 1, 2015. The ceremony to recognize the 2015 Century and Heritage Farms is scheduled to be held at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, August 20.

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Iowa ag secretary makes the case for voluntary nutrient reduction by Gordon Wolf Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, a farmer from the Spirit Lake area, spoke Tuesday in Cherokee about progress being made in reducing nutrients in water through voluntary efforts. Northey said several years ago agriculture officials aggressively looked at issues concerning nitrogen and phosphorus in water, recognizing it could create some regulations. “Three years ago we started the Nutrient Reduction Strategy. We went to the Iowa Legislature, and this strategy was created with the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa State University,” said Northey. “It was a premise that voluntary effort by farmers, by providing them the tools, and the information that can help them use those tools on their individual farms, is the best way to get some progress and some changes.” He said the measures are designed to have positive effect on production and to positively impact the retention of nutrients on farms. The Iowa Legislature was asked for cost-share money for cover crops and bioreactors. Northey said one measure is to put wood chips in tile lines. He said as the water goes through the tile lines, the amount of nitrates is reduced by about 50 percent. Nutrient reduction wetlands have also been developed; about 70 exist in Iowa. Northey explained tile line water is captured and surfaced into a wetland. The result is a 40 to 70 percent reduction in the amount of nitrates leaving the wetland compared to what went in. In the first year, the Iowa Legislature provided $2.4 million, plus $10 million worth of one-time money. Last year the Iowa Legislature provided $4.4 million.

Northey said the request for this year and the governor’s recommendation to the legislature is for $7.5 million to provide incentives for farmers to try nutrient reduction measures that work on their farms. The dollars are used as a cost-share measure, matched by the farmers who apply for and receive the funds. Northey said a large part of the cost-share is for farmers trying cover crops for the first time. “The first year, we had $2.8 million we could put towards that. We had 1,000 farmers come forward in 10 days and put in $2.8 million of their own money to be able to participate in that cost-share program,” said Northey. “Again, there’s no requirement. Nobody has to do this. To those who say farmers won’t do this without some sort of legal requirement to do it, I’d say we’ve had cooperative cost-share programs on the conservation side for generations. Farmers have proven they will step forward on that, and they certainly stepped forward two years ago on the cover crops, strip till, no till and nitrification inhibitor program as well.” The question, he added, is how to get from a few percent participation in cover crops to 10, 20 or 30 percent participation. “Is it field days, is it sharing equipment; what is it we need to know?” he asked. “What makes farmers more comfortable with making that choice and that decision on their own?” Last year $1.4 million was put toward the statewide cost-share initiative; 500 farmers came forward in five days to access all those dollars and matched it with their own $1.4 million. “I’d say the investment we’re making as a state, the encouragement we get from our farm groups, the type of

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey spoke Tuesday in Cherokee. Photo by Gordon Wolf

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Why Calhoun/ Buena Vista/ Sac/Counties? • Buena Vista, Calhoun, and Sac Counties are in the Des Moines Lobe. Hundreds of drainage districts are in these three counties. Under Iowa law, drainage districts are responsible for constructing, administering, and maintaining drainage infrastructure. Within each drainage district, a network of pipes and ditches moves groundwater and agricultural pollutants quickly into our drinking water sources. • Recent water monitoring by Des Moines Water Works at 72 sample sites in Buena Vista, Sac, and Calhoun Counties have shown nitrate levels as high as 39.2 mg/L in groundwater discharged by drainages districts. This is four times the federally required Safe Drinking Water regulatory limit of 10 mg/L. • Laws require that “point sources” discharging into rivers must have permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Because drainage districts transport nitrate pollution through a system of channels and pipes, they should be recognized and held accountable like every other point source contributor. NPDES permits have been successful nationwide in controlling pollution caused by industrial waste and sanitary sewer discharge.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, right, discussed a potential lawsuit that may be filed by Des Moines Water Works in Polk County, against Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties regarding drainage districts. The counties are highlighted above. Photo by Gordon Wolf

“The Clean Water Act doesn’t have those kinds of provisions,” Northey said. “Certainly, a permitting process is not instituted by districts themselves. That’s instituted by regulating agencies, like the Department of Natural Resources or the Environmental Protection Agency. That would be a more logical place why you might expect that type of lawsuit to occur, and there have been lawsuits like that.” He continued that drainage district laws in Iowa don’t allow the districts themselves to impose regulations on their members. He said drainage districts just provide a common drainage area. Those whose tile lines are connected to the district pay, based on the benefit received from the common drainage area. “Generally, drainage districts are not seen to have the authority to tell you or me that we can’t till up an old building lot and be able to have crop production there, or that we can’t put another tile line in our field and access that drainage,” Northey explained. “They are about providing that common drainage, providing a way to pay for it. This would be quite an extension from their current accepted legal responsibilities for some type of a regulatory process.” Northey said some drainage districts

have planned to replumb their areas, add additional drainage and engineer a nutrient reduction wetland. “That’s something we want to engineer to start, done on a voluntary basis, not on a regulatory basis, and if this was a regulation, you can quickly see and quickly ask what kind of regulation would that district have on its farmers,” he said. Northey said plenty of information is available on methods to use cover crops and to look at more precise nitrogen application on farm land. He believes new tools will be developed to more precisely determine how much nitrogen is left in the soil and how much nitrogen the crop needs. “To regulate around this, I think, would create all kinds of issues,” he added. “First of all, I think there’d be folks that would sue right away if they were told to do something that probably didn’t have or wasn’t proven to have an impact on water quality,” Northey said. He continued that if Des Moines Water Works proceeds with a lawsuit, it won’t stop with the 10 drainage districts in Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties. It would affect the other draining districts

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nitrate content in water would extend to other nutrients, like phosphorus, Northey said. “Somebody is using the water from someplace, and if they had reason to believe someone else is causing a problem, believe me, there’d be a lawyer ready to sue,” said Northey. He said a lawsuit would create a legal nightmare, uncertainty and a regulatory system that would remove incentives for innovation and creativity, which are needed to manage farms in the long term. “I think it would be a real mistake for Des Moines Water Works to potentially go forward with this. I certainly think it would be a mistake if they had any success in this,” Northey said. “I don’t know what they’re going to do. We’ve had conversations. Others have as well. I’m not sure that there’s anything anybody else brings to them that will change their mind on what they’re going to do, but I believe they’ve not made up their mind yet on whether they’re going to file a lawsuit or exactly what that would look like. So it’s one of those pieces of uncertainty that’s out there.” He said if a lawsuit is filed, the lawyers involved would be able to build second homes, buy boats and take long vacation from the legal fees that would be generated by lawsuits around the Clean Water Act. “There will be a lot of people who will have to pay for that cost. It will make life more expensive. It will make it more uncertain,” he said. Northey said voluntary reduction of nutrients is a better method. “I believe that those who oppose this lawsuit are not anti-clean water. We

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What is the Nitrate Pollution Problem? • Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for nitrate is 10 mg/L. This standard is set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Des Moines Water Works is legally obligated to provide clean and safe drinking water that meets this MCL standard. • Nitrate levels above the MCL are a public health risk. The greatest health risk posed by high nitrate concentrations is for infants under six months of age. Nitrate can reduce the ability of the baby’s blood to carry oxygen. This may result in Blue Baby Syndrome. • Standard Des Moines Water Works treatment processes do not remove nitrate from drinking water. Des Moines Water Works staff monitors nitrate concentrations in the source waters and activates a costly nitrate removal facility when necessary in order to produce a safe water supply meeting the MCL. • Des Moines Water Works has continuously run its denitrification facilities since December 4, 2014. In 2013, when nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers were at a record high, Des Moines Water Works incurred approximately $900,000 in treatment costs and lost revenues. • This is not about the daily costs to operate the Nitrate Removal Facility. It is about meeting a public safety need for customers. Des Moines Water Works cannot continue to meet the increasing water demand of our customers without regulation of pollutants in our source water. Record high nitrate concentrations will demand significant future capital investments to remove this pollutant and provide safe drinking water to a growing central Iowa.

have a better way, and that’s engaging agriculture in a way that will let us bring new tools that will find our engagement,” Northey said. He added that solutions for nutrient reduction are different from farm to farm and even among areas on the same farm. Farmers need to be able to select methods that work on their farms, Northey said. Northey believes that 10 or 15 years from now, some of the methods that will be considered the best tools for nutrient reduction are things that don’t yet exist. “The things we’ll be able to develop over the next 10 or 15 years will give us

those tools to do a better job,” he said. “When we do that better job, I think we’ll have the opportunity to feed that crop even more correctly as well and be more productive when we do it, as well.” Northey added later that farmers need to find things that reduce nutrients on their farms and to tell others what they are doing. “We’re seeing lots of different ways for folks to engage,” said Northey. “When we do that, I think we get the chance to tell folks that we are figuring out what’s working and we’re doing more things that will do a better job and raise a

What is a Notice of Intent to Sue? • On January 8, 2015, the Board of Water Works Trustees voted unanimously to issue a notice of intent to sue to the Sac County Board of Supervisors, Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors and Calhoun County Board of Supervisors in their role as governing authority for 10 drainage districts that are point sources discharging pollutants into the Raccoon River. • The notice is directed at the local governing authorities of drainage districts, not individual farmers. • The notice of intent to sue is a 60 day notification under the citizen suit provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) and Iowa Code Chapter 455B. The notice communicates the intent of the Board of Water Works Trustees to sue for discharge of pollutants into the Raccoon River by point sources without the permits required by law. • If the named drainage districts do not cease to discharge pollutants without permits or act within 60 days to correct the ongoing violations, Des Moines Water Works will seek relief in federal court under the Clean Water Act and Iowa Code citizen suit provisions.

better crop but have less of an impact off the farm as well.” Des Moines Water Works explained its reason for issuing the January 9 notice of intent to sue in its answers to frequently asked questions posted on its website.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 • 25th Annual Private Treaty Bull Sale, 11:30 am 2:00 p.m. S Diamond Angus, 7 mi S of Henderson, NE, 1-80 Exit or 10 1/2 mi N of Sutton the Henderson-Sutton Rd. Kim & Lindy Siebert. (D) • TUESDAY, MARCH 3 • 15TH Annual Production Sale 1:00 p.m. Creighton, Nebraska, Livestock Market. Selling approx. 125 registered Angus bulls, 50 registered Angus heifers. Jindra Angus, Clarkson, NE. (D) SATURDAY, MARCH 7 • Outstanding Farm Equip Auction, 9:45 a.m. at 152 100th Ave., Ceylon, MN. Tractors, Combine, Trucks & Trailers and more. Michael Prust Estate. Visit www. auctioneeralley.com for full listing. Auctioneer Alley (D)

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What lies beneath Iowa’s bridges show signs of wear, tear and age

by Dan Mundt The bridges of Iowa may appear to be fine to drivers passing over them, but many have problems that can only be seen from underneath. “We’re seeing the rapidly declining and deteriorating condition of timber piling in many bridges that were all built about the same time, probably in the 1940s and 50s, and so those pilings are all just wearing out,” said Crawford County Engineer Paul Assman. “It starts to manifest itself when the heavier loads go over it and you start to see fracturing and cracking of the piling, in addition to the decay.” Assman said many of Iowa’s bridges that were suitable for loads passing over them twenty-five years ago are not suitable today. “The loads that we’re seeing have increased much more rapidly than we’ve

been able to replace bridges,” he said. Heavier farm machinery and vehicles are a fact to be dealt with, Assman said. “Agriculture is what it’s all about out here and it’s our job to try to figure out how accommodate it,” he explained. Each bridge in Crawford County is inspected at least once every other year. All the bridges on the north half of the county are inspected one year and all the bridges on the south half of the county are inspected the next. Assman said bridges in the area of a flooding event will be inspected to make sure there are no issues that would cause the bridge to fail. He does all the bridge inspections himself for a period of four years and then has a bridge specialist consultant inspect the bridges for two years. “I think it’s good to mix them up, because there are sometimes things I’ll

catch that they maybe missed and sometimes they’ll see things that I didn’t see,” he said. “It’s a built-in way to make sure we’re not missing something.” Consultants also assist Assman with the inspection of steel truss bridges, which sometimes require specialized equipment. Assman said the condition of the bridge is evaluated, along with the amount of traffic the bridge is carrying. When a bridge shows signs of deterioration that diminishes the capacity of the structure, the county will post a weight limit for the bridge, restricting the loads that can be carried across the bridge. Structural members of a bridge are permanently weakened when overstressed. “If it’s stressed beyond the yield point, it will never get back to the strength it had,” Assman explained. “That can hap-

pen in steel and concrete and timber. It progressively starts to crack and fail. While it still is holding the bridge up, it’s been overstressed, so its capacity is reduced.” A bridge with a posted weight limit can support a greater load than posted, but not safely. “Almost every year, in the state of Iowa, a bridge fails because somebody went over it with too heavy a load,” Assman said. Posting a weight limit is an acceptable, if less than ideal, temporary solution for a bridge on a gravel road, but is not a good option for deteriorating bridges on paved roads. “That’s something we really want to try to avoid on our paved system,” Assman said. BRIDGES, Page 11A

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USDA extends public comment period for proposed State Offsite Methods for Iowa until February 20

Iowa farmers have an opportunity to receive conservation planning and financial assistance through USDA this year. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adding a second Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) signup deadline of April 17. Through EQIP, NRCS provides financial and technical assistance to install conservation practices such as nutrient management, terraces, grassed waterways, cover crops, manure management facilities, and pasture management. Many of these practices help reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and even create muchneeded wildlife habitat to the Iowa landscape. EQIP, one of USDA’s most popular conservation programs, is offered through a continuous signup, but NRCS periodically makes application selections as funding allows. Last year, NRCS provided more than $27 million in EQIP financial assistance to Iowa farmers. Several EQIP initiatives are included in the signup, where NRCS sets aside financial assistance for specific practices and producers. Those interested should visit their local NRCS office for more information about conservation planning and financial assistance to fund conservation practices on their farm, or go to www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is extending the public comment for the proposed State Offsite Methods (SOSM) to be used in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, until February 20. The SOSM is a procedure for making wetland determinations using offsite resources. In each of the listed states, NRCS is proposing to issue a SOSM to replace existing state wetland mapping conventions. The SOSM will be used as part of the technical

documents and procedures to conduct wetland determinations required as part of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as amended). Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 requires NRCS to make available for public review and comment all proposed revisions to standards and procedures used to carry out the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation Compliance provisions of the law. For most agriculture cropland sites in these states, NRCS has historically used and will con-

tinue to utilize an offsite procedure to identify wetlands. The goals for updating these procedures are to: 1) implement consistent multi-state procedures; 2) improve efficiency; 3) incorporate the use of new technology and; 4) maintain the level of determination quality and accuracy. Prior to publishing these draft procedures NRCS conducted an exhaustive development process that included public explanation and multiple listening sessions and a review by each state’s State Technical Committee.

Official notice of the change can be found in the Federal Register. Electronic comments must be submitted through regulations.gov. Comments also can be hand carried or mailed to State Conservationist Jay Mar, 210 Walnut Street, Room 693, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2180, telephone: (515) 284-4769, email: Jay.mar@ia.usda. gov. The proposed SOSM procedures and information on how to submit comments is available at the Federal Register’s website.

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Questions non-operator landowners should ask their farmers about soil health by Elisa O’Halloran, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service More farmers, ranchers and others who rely on the land are taking action to improve the health of their soil. Many farmers are actually building the soil. How? By using soil health management systems that include cover crops, diverse rotations and no-till. And when they’re building the soil they’re doing something else – they’re also building the land’s production potential over the long-term. But how do non-operator landowners (people who rent their land to farmers) know if their tenants are doing everything they need to do to make and keep their soil healthy? Barry Fisher, an Indiana farmer and nationally recognized soil health specialist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, recommends that they ask their farming partner these five questions.

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Could someone please come to my house and take down my Christmas tree? Please? It’s still up. In all fairness we’ve had a lot of trips and activities going on since Christmas, with the trip to Florida to watch our school’s band members play during the Outback Bowl halftime show and going to Denver for the National Western show. This weekend, we’ll be busy at the Iowa Beef Expo in Des Moines, showing cattle again. Other Saturdays have included speech, show choir, and Scout events,

We worked for awhile to get all the snow off, and the soggy bird seed out. In the meantime we threw some seed on top of a plastic lid, weighted down of course, and let the birds have a bit to eat. The little minions went to town with the lunch. Muammar and Genghis, our visiting blue jays, so named because they are bullies around the feeder, even had a bit of lunch too after they chased everyone else away of course. Bonnie and Clyde enjoyed a bit of lunch, but they share with everyone when they eat. Clyde’s been hanging out by my

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Once a bridge falls below minimum safety standards, the bridge must be closed until it is repaired or replaced. A third option is abandonment, but that is usually not a popular decision and should only happen if affected users agree the bridge is no longer needed, according to Crawford County Engineer Paul Assman. Photos by Dan Mundt BRIDGES, from Page 1A “When you post a load restriction on a paved road, then you can substantially restrict the traffic flow, especially in this day and age when semis are going up and down those highways all the time.” Bridges on paved roads may receive a higher priority, but most of the county’s deteriorating bridges still need to be replaced. In the 15 years Assman has been the county engineer, 104 of the county’s 280 bridges have been replaced, with four on the schedule for this year. Six bridges have been eliminated by abandoning and vacating roads in that time, but Assman said permanently abandoning and closing a bridge is not a popular option. The six bridges that have been abandoned were on dead-end roads or clearly were no longer needed, he said. Assman said any move to abandon a bridge should be initiated by the county residents who would be affected. “What we try to do is address the situations where there is the greatest need and where we can hopefully impact more people,” he said. “But sometimes the greatest need is one or two residents, because they can’t get a school bus over the bridge or they can’t use it at all.” Assman said the roads and bridges are here to serve the public. “The people out there use the roads,” he said. “I’ve always been an advocate that if they want it, we should try to take care of it and provide that service to them.” About five bridges per year need to be replaced to try and stay ahead of the work, according to Assman. After identifying a

A popular option for bridge replacement is the box culvert design, according to Assman. This design has no railing or other structure along the roadway, which eliminates the issues of larger machinery passing over.

Newer concrete structures, such as this bridge north of Manilla, will last 75 years or more.

Once a bridge begins to show signs of deterioration and structural weakening, the first step is to post weight restrictions for vehicles using the road. If the bridge continues to deteriorate, the weight limits will be lowered.

bridge he believes should be moved onto the replacement schedule, the process begins by presenting the plan to the county board of supervisors. Assman said he explains to the board the concerns about the bridge and the number of users affected. “If (the supervisors) agree, then we move forward with the design process, which generally takes about a year and a half to two years before we actually let the project,” he said. “When you use federal dollars, there are a lot of federal requirements that have to be met in order to get the project to a letting.” County crews handle smaller bridge projects,

Assman said. “On the lower volume roads, where we have drainage areas of a mile to two square miles, we can generally put in a corrugated metal pipe structure and eliminate a bridge,” he said. County crews also build steel girder bridges with timber decks. “A lot of times, we’ll use salvaged steel beams and that will help us on the cost of the project.” Steel girder/timber deck bridge projects cost from $75,000 to $100,000, depending on how much salvaged material is used, Assman said. Steel/timber bridges will last 50 to 60 years, though their decks will likely

Many of the bridges built in the 1940s and 1950s are now rapidly deteriorating. The timber piling of this bridge, south of Denison just off of highway 59, shows obvious signs of decay.

need to be replaced after 20 or 25 years. Bridges on high volume/ long-term roadways will be replaced with concrete structures handled by an independent contractor. Projects of this type typically cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and up. Concrete structures are much more permanent structures and are used in locations where a timber deck bridge would not be suitable. County Road L51, a paved road south of Charter Oak, is such a location. The Willow Creek bridge on L51 will be replaced by a concrete twin box culvert this summer. This type of structure

will last 75 years or more, Assman said. As with everything, the available money limits the amount of work that can be done. “Right now, we could probably build four to five contract bridges a year for the next five years, if the funds were there,” Assman said. Those kinds of funds are not available. The average rate of contract bridge replacement projects in Crawford County is between two and three per year. Another complication is that both of the contract bridge replacement projects scheduled for this year were bid significantly higher than the original

estimates. One project came in at 125 percent of the estimate and the other came in at 140 percent. Assman said there are signs that the upward price trend will continue. “If the prices continue to stay at those levels, it will mean fewer bridges,” he said. “It’s just simple math.” Assman said the county will continue to look for ways to get the needed work done. “Our charge is to ensure that the roadways are as safe as we can make them for the traveling public,” he said. “You take the money you have and try to do the best that you can.”

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