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Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District Chisago County Land Cover Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research -- Education / Outreach $20,000 Wetland Conservation Act $10,000 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $78,606 Planning/ other local water management duties $96,000 Conservation easement funding / assistance -- Programs and Operations $60,000 Total $264,606 28 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 SWCD Board of Supervisors 38814 Third Avenue North Branch, MN 55056 PHONE: (651) 674-2333 FAX: (651) 674-8828 www.chisagoswcd.org SWCD board meetings: 2nd Tuesday of month • • 5 p.m. November - March 7 p.m. April - October Recent Projects / Accomplishments Pictured: John Frank - DNR Fisheries, shows 5th graders live and replica fi sh during the annual Water Festival. The Chisago County Children’s Water Festival is a day-long event that provides a hands-on, out of the classroom, educational experience about the water cycle, watersheds, and aquatic life for all 5th grade students in Chisago County. Partners include Chisago County and the Minnesota DNR. Name Position Address Phone Elected Joan Barnes Member PO Box 214, Lindstrom 651/257-2570 1989 Jim Birkholz Secretary 17325 Pleasant Valley Road, Shafer 651/257-9159 2006 Roland Cleveland Treasurer PO Box 307, North Branch 651/674-8580 1987 Mary Ann Jay Vice Chair 7628 460th Street, Harris 651/674-2224 2003 Craig Mold Chair 8336 490th Street, Rush City 320/358-3423 2003
Pictured: This 50-plus -acre wetland enhancement was completed in the fall of 2006. The wetland is home to a nesting pair of Trumpeter Swans along with many other wildlife species. In the background is a newly planted native grass fi eld and tree planting enrolled into the Conservation Reserve Program in 2006. This is one of two 2006 General CRP contracts on this wetland. Partners include Pheasants Forever, USFWS, IMPACK6, NRCS, and the DNR. A streambank stabilization and rain garden project was completed by the SWCD and partners on the Sunrise River. The streambank was stabilized using cedar reventments, native plants and installing a series of rain gardens that collect, treat and slow down the runoff before it reaches the newly stabilized and vegetated slope. Partners included U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the IMPACK 6 Joint Powers Board. A Wetland Restoration/Native Grass planting project was completed on the property of three neighboring landowners. The project required two Conservation Reserve Program native grass plantings (24 acres of native grasses were established) and one 50-acre wetland restoration. Partners included Pheasants Forever, USFWS, NRCS, FSA, MN DNR and the IMPACK 6 JPB. A vegetative fi lter strip and other best management practices recently were established at a local dairy farm. Utilizing a combination of State Cost-Share, Feedlot Water Quality Management Grant, and EQIP funds, the SWCD installed the fi lter strip along 1/2 mile of shoreline, a 520,000-gallon manure storage facility, and an earthen berm and fi lter strip to capture and treat all feedlot runoff. The dairy now implements nutrient and pest management plans. Partners included USDA NRCS and the IMPACK 6 JPB. Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District The SWCD provides a staff forester to assist landowners with management of their forestry resources. Programs include forest stewardship plans, technical and fi nancial assistance for the control of oak wilt and other shade tree pest, and a spring tree and shrub sale. Partners include the Minnesota DNR. Water Quality Monitoring is done by SWCD staff on six streams in Chisago County. The SWCD collects water quality data at nine sampling locations, keeps the data locally and makes it available to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to assess the health of local streams. Partners include Chisago County, the Minnesota DNR and the MPCA. Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Protecting/Restoring Water Quality in the St. Croix River Promote Environmentally Sound Land Practices Lakeshore/Streambank Restoration/Preservation Protection of Ag Base/Open Space Land General Public Awareness of SWCD Programs Future Projects North Branch of the Sunrise River fecal coliform reduction project -- In 1998 the MPCA listed the North Branch of the Sunrise River as an impaired water due to elevated levels of fecal coliform. In 2006, Clean Water Legacy funds were received by Chisago County which will allow the Chisago SWCD to work with rural landowners to promote and install best management practices on their property, which will reduce fecal coliform runoff into the North Branch of the Sunrise River. Renewable energy study -- The Chisago SWCD will be assisting Chisago County with a state funded feasibility study of the economic and technical viability of developing a multistream renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility in Chisago, Isanti, or Pine County. A fi nal report is due to the Legislature no later than February 1, 2009. 29
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Watonwan Soil & Water Conservation
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