A tile riser inlet located on Tom Dykstra’s 110-acre wetland reserve easement is shown on June 7, 2022. The structure is part of a system that allows Dykstra to control the water level in the main pond on his property by draining excess water into a tile drain. Dykstra purchased the property, which is located in Fremont, Indiana, in 2015 and worked with USDA’s Natural resources Conservation Service in 2019 to install a series of water control structures and systems throughout the property after excess rain caused flooding throughout the easement and into a neighbor’s property. The property was originally enrolled in the Wetland Reserve Easement Program through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2010 through an initiative in the Fish Creek Watershed aimed at creating habitat for the endangered copper belly water snake. Dykstra is also working with NRCS to address invasive species on the property. (NRCS photo by Brandon O’Connor)