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Stevens Soil & Water Conservation District Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious 160 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 12 Highway 28 East, Suite 2 Morris, MN 56267-9505 PHONE: (320) 589-4886, ext 3 FAX: (320) 589-8836 www.co.stevens.mn.us/SWCD/Main.html SWCD board meetings: 3rd Tuesday of month at 9:30 a.m. Stevens County Land Cover Recent Projects / Accomplishments Stevens SWCD Board of Supervisors Planting native vegetation along waterways helps reduce runoff and improves water quality. The Stevens SWCD, with the purchase of a 20-foot, no-till drill, has seeded just shy of 3,000 acres in Wetlands Reserve Program and Conservation Reserve Program in the last three years. Large tracts of natives provide excellent habitat for numerous species of birds and animals. 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research $6,530 Education / Outreach $10,486 Wetland Conservation Act $5,000 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $521,129 Planning/ other local water management duties $5,000 Conservation easement funding / assistance $3,800 Programs and Operations $117,394 Total $669,339 Name Elected Position Address Phone Don Huntley 2005 Chair 40402 230th Street, Cyrus 320-795-2491 Dave Lonergan 2001 Vice Chair 14802 470th Avenue, Donnelly 320-589-4559 George Libbon 1981 Secretary 62574 130th Street, Chokio 320-677-2777 Mary Ann Scharf 2001 Treasurer 17733 US Highway 59, Morris 320-589-4688 Jim Krosch 2004 Reporter 56407 320th Street, Alberta 320-324-2520
Two stream barb projects in Stevens County have recently been completed on sensitive areas of the Pomme de Terre and Chippewa Rivers. Stream barbs are low rock structures installed on a meandering stream to protect the outside edge of the bank from washing away as water fl ows around a curve. The rock structures transfer the fl ow of the stream from the outside edge to the middle of the stream, which deepens the fl ow in that area and causes silt to fi ll in behind the barbs. The concentrated fl ow in the middle makes the stream become narrower and cuts down the erosion on the bank. Stevens SWCD assisted with the planning and funding for the projects. Grant funds for 75% of project costs were secured through the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The SWCD is promoting ongoing efforts to add stream barbs in other locations along both rivers. Conservation education for both youth and adults has become an important focus. Many of our educational efforts are done in partnership with one or more other SWCD offi ces in the area. Most of the opportunities we provide are outdoor, hands-on sessions for youth. Examples include Water Fest, Conservation Day and the Area II Envirothon, which Stevens SWCD has coordinated for over 10 years. Working with the Morris Area Schools, we’ve begun a partnership through their Serve America program that enables us to teach students of all ages about various environmental topics, including nitrates, water testing, watersheds, and community tree planting, while meeting the state graduation standards. Working trees make agriculture systems more sustainable by protecting crops and livestock, conserving natural resources and improving environments. Tree planting practices include: • • Field, farmstead and livestock windbreaks Riparian forest buffers along streams and ditches Most trees that are planted by the Stevens SWCD are shelter belts for farmsteads. These help reduce heating costs in the home and shelter livestock from cold and wind. They also improve habitat for deer, pheasants, rabbits, squirrels and other small animals. Field windbreaks and riparian buffers help reduce or eliminate wind and water erosion, and protect soil from loss of valuable nutrients, organic matter and soil structure. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Stevens Soil & Water Conservation District Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns Protecting wetlands and controlling urban erosion and sedimentation Reducing soil erosion Reducing runoff from cropland and feedlots Protecting and enhancing greenways Decreasing stormwater runoff Future Projects Rain Gardens slow and fi lter surface water run-off, recharging the aquifer and preventing erosion and fl ooding. The Stevens SWCD has begun to promote rain gardens and is seeking funding sources to help interested cities and individuals pay for the installation costs. Biological Weed Control - The Stevens SWCD has acquired some weevils from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture that attack the root of the spotted knapweed plant. It takes about three years for the population of the weevils to build up to a level where knapweed decreases signifi cantly. This form of weed control has been found to work better than other methods such as herbicides, grazing and re-vegetation with desirable, competitive plants. This is one of several biological weed controls that the SWCD is using as an alternative to chemical herbicides. 161
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