Soil & Water Conservation District Guidebook 2008 - Minnesota ...
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A Pollinator Day Celebration recently highlighted<br />
the critical role of pollination in healthy and productive<br />
ecosystems.The SWCD held this event in partnership with Sherburne<br />
County History Center, The U.S. Postal Service, USDA,<br />
and Co-Evolution Institute to celebrate National Pollinator Week.<br />
The event featured the unveiling of a Pollinator Garden (pictured<br />
above) installed at the History Centers interactive trail system.<br />
A two-year water quality monitoring<br />
project, the Briggs Lake Chain - Phosphorous Mass Balance<br />
Study, was recently completed by the SWCD and the Briggs<br />
Lake Chain Association.<br />
The SWCD has installed 10 projects<br />
on six lakes through the Shoreland Buffer and Revegetation<br />
Demonstration Project.<br />
Sherburne <strong>Soil</strong> & <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
2005 Expenditures by category<br />
Monitoring / Research $4,482<br />
Education / Outreach $28,176<br />
Wetland <strong>Conservation</strong> Act $28,816<br />
Cost Share / project construction,<br />
implementation and maintenance<br />
$122,611<br />
Planning/ other local water management duties $77,484<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> easement funding / assistance --<br />
Programs and Operations $120,112<br />
Total $381,682<br />
Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns<br />
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5.<br />
Impaired and degraded lakes and streams in<br />
the Elk River <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />
Increasing urban and residential land use<br />
causing increasing runoff<br />
Quality and quantity of riparian and aquatic<br />
vegetation<br />
Loss of native vegetation and habitat<br />
Wind erosion on cropland, water erosion,<br />
stormwater runoff on construction sites<br />
Future Projects<br />
Prairie restoration project: The SWCD plans to<br />
restore native prairie on 20 acres surrounding the new<br />
Sherburne County Public Works building.<br />
Lake Julia erosion control project: Stormwater<br />
runoff best management projects will be installed on<br />
a high-priority soil erosion and water quality problem<br />
site on Lake Julia.<br />
TMDL Study: The SWCD has prepared an<br />
application for a TMDL Study with MPCA on<br />
selected reaches of the Elk River and Mayhew<br />
Creek, and is partnering with Sherburne and<br />
Benton Counties, Benton SWCD and the Elk<br />
River <strong>Water</strong>shed Joint Powers Board for outreach,<br />
education and projects in the Elk River <strong>Water</strong>shed.<br />
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