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Blue Earth Soil & Water Conservation District Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious 16 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 1160 Victory Drive, Suite 3 Mankato, MN 56001-5307 PHONE: (507) 345-4744 FAX: (507) 345-6036 www.blueearthswcd.org SWCD board meetings: 1st Thursday after 1st Monday of the month at 4 p.m. Blue Earth County Land Cover Recent Projects / Accomplishments SWCD Board of Supervisors Pictured: A CREP wetland restoration site that was completed after six landowners each enrolled some of their land in a permanent conservation easement. 172 permanent easements have been established on privately owned lands in Blue Earth County through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. This initiative has improved water quality, reduced soil erosion, and created wildlife habitat in the Minnesota River basin. The signup period for 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research $19,000 Education / Outreach -- Wetland Conservation Act $8,000 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $65,000 Planning/ other local water management duties $8,000 Conservation easement funding / assistance -- Programs and Operations $49,785 Total $149,785 Name Position Address Phone Elected Allen Marble Chair 16602 578th Avenue, Good Thunder 507-278-3139 2005 Bill Gardner Jr. Vice Chair 20675 515th Avenue, Lake Crystal 507-726-2696 1998 Harold Loeffl er PR&I 19266 610th Avenue, Mankato 507-245-3424 2001 Julie Bach Sec/Treas 61188 103rd Street, Minnesota Lake 507-462-3256 2001 John Rollings Supervisor 409 1st Street East, Vernon Center 507-549-3652 1991
Pictured: A CREP wetland restoration site in Blue Earth County. CREP I went from 1998-2002, creating 172 permanent easements totaling 5,329 acres and spending 4.5 million state dollars in Blue Earth County. Over 100,000 acres across the Minnesota River basin were enrolled into the program. Many projects had landowners that went together to create much larger conservation areas. One group project involved six different landowners who enrolled 340 acres for a large wetland restoration project. Some project work is still being done today along with routine maintenance to many of the easements. The program brought together local, state, and federal offi cials, conservation groups, and interested landowners to work collectively on restoring the Minnesota River watershed. The Greater Blue Earth River Watershed Initiative began in 2003 through the SWCD’s partnership with Three Rivers RC&D. A grant from the U.S. EPA was received to promote the installation of conservation practices by offering enrollment incentives as well as cost share incentives. Blue Earth County SWCD encumbered and received $49,469 in grant dollars that enrolled 117.5 acres with a soil loss reduction of 587.5 tons per acre / year and a phosphorus reduction of 1175 pounds /year. This grant is a good example of how multiple agencies such as the SWCD, Three Rivers RC&D, FSA and NRCS can accomplish a lot when partnering together toward a common goal of improved water quality. The Maple River Watershed Improvement project is sponsored by Blue Earth County, with project management and leadership held by the Blue Earth SWCD. Faribault County conservation and environmental staff are Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Blue Earth Soil & Water Conservation District also actively engaged in this project. The Maple River has a drainage area of 340 square miles. Numerous project committees assist to implement project work plans for surface water quality improvement through conservation practices. Monitoring of the Maple River began in 2003 with one site and has since expanded to two sites. This project will continue implementation, monitoring, and educational activities through 2009. The project’s main objective is to reduce the levels of sediment, nitrates, and phosphates in the river. Funding sources include in-kind contributions (about $335,000) from over 10 groups, cash support from Blue Earth County and a Clean Water Partnership implementation grant of $474,100. Classic or ephemeral gully control Water resource protection Wastewater & feedlot runoff control Sheet & rill erosion Wind erosion Future Projects Cobb River Watershed Project: The Cobb River Watershed Project is an effort by the Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance and Blue Earth County SWCD to concentrate Agricultural and Drainage best-management practices within the Cobb River watershed. The project has funding to hire one fulltime employee, working with the Blue Earth SWCD for 2 1/2 years. There is also over $200,000 in cost share assistance available to land owners for implementation of the varying BMPs within the watershed. An additional $15,000 is available to the Drainage Authorities in each of the four counties in the watershed. This funding is for upgrading the current drainage information management systems. All while increasing cooperation of local agencies throughout the watershed. With the cost-share funding we hope to implement several BMP projects throughout the watershed. These projects will help in reducing the sediment load as well as several, all too common, pollutants in the watershed. 17
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Lake Soil & Water Conservation Dist
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Lake of the Woods Soil & Water Cons
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Mahnomen Soil & Water Conservation
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Marshall Soil & Water Conservation
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Martin Soil & Water Conservation Di
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McLeod Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Meeker Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Morrison Soil & Water Conservation
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Mower Soil & Water Conservation Dis
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Nicollet Soil & Water Conservation
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Nobles Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Norman Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Olmsted Soil & Water Conservation D
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Otter Tail-West Soil & Water Conser
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Pennington Soil & Water Conservatio
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Pine Soil & Water Conservation Dist
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Pipestone Soil & Water Conservation
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East Polk Soil & Water Conservation
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Pope Soil & Water Conservation Dist
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Ramsey Conservation District 130 SW
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Red Lake Soil & Water Conservation
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Redwood Soil & Water Conservation D
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Renville Soil & Water Conservation
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Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation
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St. Louis-South Soil & Water Conser
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Stearns Soil & Water Conservation D
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Steele Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Swift Soil & Water Conservation Dis
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Todd Soil & Water Conservation Dist
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Traverse Soil & Water Conservation
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Wabasha Soil & Water Conservation D
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Waseca Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Watonwan Soil & Water Conservation
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Wilkin Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Winona Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Wright Soil & Water Conservation Di
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