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Wright Soil & Water Conservation District Wright County Land Cover 182 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 311 Brighton Avenue South Suite C Buffalo, MN 55313 PHONE: (763) 682-1970 FAX: (763) 682-0262 www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/ wright/index.htm SWCD board meetings: 2nd Monday of month at 4:30 p.m. Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious Recent Projects / Accomplishments SWCD Board of Supervisors A project in the Granite Lake watershed was installed to capture all the water from a 30-plus acre watershed, hold it on a sandy fi eld and allow it to infi ltrate into the ground. The soils are a sandy loam conducive to infi ltration so the entire runoff is captured and infi ltrated on most storms. This project has basically eliminated phosphorus input into the lake from this area. An Educational Field Day is offered to all fi fth grade students in Wright County through a partnership of the SWCD and the Wright County Parks Department. Young people are exposed to the outdoors and a myriad of topics associated with resource issues. Ney County Park has served as the location of the Field Day for many years and the event has grown from a two-day spring event to a spring and fall session comprised of six days. Serving about 1,300 students every year this is the major educational activity the SWCD undertakes with the schools. The SWCD Board and the Parks Department realize that the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow, and an appreciation of 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research $16,000 Education / Outreach $28,000 Wetland Conservation Act $98,000 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $164,000 Planning/ other local water management duties $72,400 Conservation easement funding / assistance $5,000 Programs and Operations $118,018 Total $501,418 Name Position Address Phone Elected Chris Uecker Chairman 3328 County Road 6 NW, Annandale 320-963-6732 2000 Mark McNamara Vice-Chairman 315 Prairie Road, Monticello 763-295-8272 2000 Duane Dahlman Secretary-Treasurer 3624 County Road 3 SW, Cokato 320-286-5913 1988 Mary Wetter Member 180 Ibarra Avenue SE, Buffalo 763-477-5723 2002 Michael Zieska Member 11803 Gulden Ave NW, Maple Lake 320-963-6082 2002
Pictured: The Granite Lake project after a rapid snow melt. Pictured: Water Management Specialist Jacobs instructing using the Stream Table at the Field Day the outdoors and the environment will pay dividends in the future. Intensive monitoring is being conducted with the help of the MPCA on Wright County lakes that are on the impaired waters list. The SWCD has partnered with the Initiative Foundation and various lake associations to help these entities gain consensus on priorities, create plans around those priorities and put them into action. These efforts give people who live on and near the lake the opportunity to learn about lake issues and potential actions to deal with identifi ed problems. This has led to a cooperative monitoring program where volunteers have been gathering water quality data on 33 lakes for fi ve years. By hiring an Urban Conservationist and as cities have stepped up their activity related to the Wetland Conservation Act, construction sites have had much better compliance with stormwater concerns and other environmental priorities. As the lead Wetland Conservation Act administrator and a reviewer on all county permits the SWCD has fostered review of these issues on wetland applications and county land-use applications. The Wright SWCD and DNR enforcement have been serious with wetland issues in the county, and many violations have been dealt with. Numerous water impoundments, wetland restorations and improved stormwater projects have been built into applications as a result of these efforts. Wright Soil & Water Conservation District A buffer program has been created by the SWCD, Pheasants Forever, lake associations and the Clearwater River Watershed District (CRWD) to further enhance payments to landowners that replace cropland with buffers of native vegetation. This program can be used as a stand-alone program to encourage buffers that can be harvested or as an incentive program for the use of CRP. The program can also be used on tile intakes that lead to ditches or streams that fl ow to these lakes which are not currently eligible for CRP. Since 1999 almost $62,000 has been used to replace cropland in critical areas with narrow strips of grass. Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Water quality and quantity concerns Soil erosion and resulting damage to soil resources Wetlands protection and enhancement activities Urban development problems (erosion and sediment control) Loss of farmland to development and other uses Future Projects The Sugar Lake gully project has been in the works for a number of years. It appears the project will be constructed in 2008. A lined waterway with a rock center for low fl ow and rock check dams has been designed. A small water and sediment basin will also be a component of the project. The plan was designed around a wooded wetland which should be enhanced by the project. Funding is being secured and fi nal design plans are being drawn up. The SWCD is undertaking a TMDL process on Ann Lake in southern Wright County. Stream fl ow stations have been established in some areas and samples are being taken. Ann Lake is fed by a 20,000-acre watershed directed by County Ditch 10. This watershed contributes to the North Fork of the Crow River and has been identifi ed as a problem for that river system as well. When sampling is completed a phosphorus budget will be established and internal loading will be compared to the load delivered from the watershed and that leaving the lake. If it is determined that improvements are possible, agricultural lands will need to be targeted with some type of new program to garner enough reduction in phosphorus loads to realize improvements. 183
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Wright<br />
<strong>Soil</strong> & <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
Wright County Land Cover<br />
182 SWCD <strong>Guidebook</strong> <strong>2008</strong>-2009<br />
311 Brighton Avenue South Suite C<br />
Buffalo, MN 55313<br />
PHONE: (763) 682-1970<br />
FAX: (763) 682-0262<br />
www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/<br />
wright/index.htm<br />
SWCD board meetings:<br />
2nd Monday of month at 4:30 p.m.<br />
Agricultural<br />
Forest<br />
Grass/Shrub/Wetland<br />
<strong>Water</strong><br />
Impervious<br />
Recent Projects / Accomplishments<br />
SWCD Board of Supervisors<br />
A project in the Granite Lake<br />
watershed was installed to capture all the water<br />
from a 30-plus acre watershed, hold it on a sandy<br />
fi eld and allow it to infi ltrate into the ground. The<br />
soils are a sandy loam conducive to infi ltration<br />
so the entire runoff is captured and infi ltrated on<br />
most storms. This project has basically eliminated<br />
phosphorus input into the lake from this area.<br />
An Educational Field Day<br />
is offered to all fi fth grade students in Wright<br />
County through a partnership of the SWCD and<br />
the Wright County Parks Department. Young<br />
people are exposed to the outdoors and a myriad<br />
of topics associated with resource issues. Ney<br />
County Park has served as the location of the<br />
Field Day for many years and the event has<br />
grown from a two-day spring event to a spring<br />
and fall session comprised of six days. Serving<br />
about 1,300 students every year this is the major<br />
educational activity the SWCD undertakes with<br />
the schools. The SWCD Board and the Parks<br />
Department realize that the children of today will<br />
be the leaders of tomorrow, and an appreciation of<br />
2005 Expenditures by category<br />
Monitoring / Research $16,000<br />
Education / Outreach $28,000<br />
Wetland <strong>Conservation</strong> Act $98,000<br />
Cost Share / project construction,<br />
implementation and maintenance<br />
$164,000<br />
Planning/ other local water management duties $72,400<br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> easement funding / assistance $5,000<br />
Programs and Operations $118,018<br />
Total $501,418<br />
Name Position Address Phone Elected<br />
Chris Uecker Chairman 3328 County Road 6 NW, Annandale 320-963-6732 2000<br />
Mark McNamara Vice-Chairman 315 Prairie Road, Monticello 763-295-8272 2000<br />
Duane Dahlman Secretary-Treasurer 3624 County Road 3 SW, Cokato 320-286-5913 1988<br />
Mary Wetter Member 180 Ibarra Avenue SE, Buffalo 763-477-5723 2002<br />
Michael Zieska Member 11803 Gulden Ave NW, Maple Lake 320-963-6082 2002
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