Soil & Water Conservation District Guidebook 2008 - Minnesota ...
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St. Louis-North<br />
<strong>Soil</strong> & <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
152 SWCD <strong>Guidebook</strong> <strong>2008</strong>-2009<br />
307 First Street South, Suite 114<br />
Virginia, MN 55792-5601<br />
PHONE: (218) 742-9504<br />
FAX: (218) 741-9407<br />
www.nslswcd.org<br />
St. Louis County<br />
Land Cover<br />
Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
5.<br />
SWCD board meetings:<br />
2nd Thursday of month at noon<br />
Agricultural<br />
Forest<br />
Grass/Shrub/Wetland<br />
<strong>Water</strong><br />
Impervious<br />
Protect streams, inland lakes and the Lake Superior<br />
Basin<br />
Reduce, mitigate or eliminate environmental impacts<br />
caused by development including implementation of<br />
the Wetland <strong>Conservation</strong> Act<br />
Educating all age groups regarding priority soil and<br />
water conservation issues<br />
Provide forest management assistance to private<br />
property owners<br />
Protect and improve ground water quality<br />
Recent Projects / Accomplishments<br />
SWCD Board of Supervisors<br />
Pictured: Youth from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area<br />
planting seedlings at Camp Vermillion where trees<br />
had been harvested. This annual activity is part of<br />
their Forest Stewardship Plan and EQIP contract.<br />
Educational programs and activities<br />
for youth in the area are being increased with each<br />
passing year. In <strong>2008</strong> the Area III Envirothon is being<br />
split due to the increasing number of teams participating,<br />
so staff in the North and South St. Louis SWCDs<br />
are co-coordinating this event to be held at the Cloquet<br />
Forestry Center on May 5, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
2005 Expenditures by category<br />
Monitoring / Research $5,000<br />
Education / Outreach $8,102<br />
Wetland <strong>Conservation</strong> Act $30,000<br />
Cost Share / project construction,<br />
implementation and maintenance<br />
$3,575<br />
Planning/ other local water management duties $2,898<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> easement funding / assistance --<br />
Programs and Operations $22,920<br />
Total $117,174<br />
Name Position Address Phone Elected<br />
Margaret Pearson Chair 1302 Samuelson Road, Angora (218) 666-5424 1998<br />
Sharon Chadwick Vice-Chair 2869 Elliot Lake Road, Eveleth (218) 744-4141 2000<br />
Lizbeth Voelker Sec./Treasurer 11252 Kekke Road, Chisholm (218) 254-3190 2002<br />
Jerome Flaschberger Board Member 4577 Spirit Lake Road, Mt. Iron (218) 744-1942 2004<br />
Gary Rantala Board Member 4790 Salo Road, Embarrass (218) 984-3601 2004
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