NRCS and several other local sponsors recently unveiled newly completed
facilities at Del Clark Lake in Stone Hill Regional Park, Minnesota, that will
provide people with disabilities access to the lake for fishing. The new
facilities consist of a designated parking area with three van-accessible
parking lanes for people with disabilities, a floating fishing pier on Del Clark
Lake, and concrete pathways between the parking area, restrooms, fishing pier,
and picnic pad site.
The whole project began during the fall of 2001, when the Lac qui Parle --
Yellow Bank Watershed District approached the NRCS on the possibility of adding
facilities to Del Clark Lake to provide people with disabilities access to the
lake for fishing. The project plans were completed three years later in 2004,
and construction completed that same year at a cost of approximately $56,000,
equally divided between NRCS and the Lac qui Parle Yellow Bank Watershed
District. William Hunt, NRCS State Conservationist for Minnesota, said this
project has been one of his favorites. “It’s gratifying to be able to see people
with disabilities enjoying the recreational opportunities that Del Clark Lake
provides," Hunt said.
Your contact is Julie MacSwain, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 651-602-7859,
or julie.MacSwain@mn.usda.gov.