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Cook Soil & Water Conservation District 34 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 411 W 2nd Street Grand Marais, MN 55604 PHONE: (218) 387-3647 FAX: (218) 387-3042 www.co.cook.mn.us/sw SWCD board meetings: 1st Thursday of month at 1 p.m. Cook County Land Cover Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious Name Position Address Phone Elected Don Sivertson Public Relations PO Box 123, Lutsen 55612 218-663-7360 2000 Jim Hall Chair 256 Hall Road, Lutsen 55612 218-663-7377 2002 Jeanne Wright Secretary 221 CR 44, Grand Marais 55604 218-387-2968 2004 David Berglund Treasurer 140 CR 56, Grand Marais 55604 218-387-2591 2006 Roger Haertel Vice Chair PO Box 28, Hovland 55606 218-475-2649 2006 Recent Projects / Accomplishments SWCD Board of Supervisors On-The-Ground Projects constructed over the last four years included: two 2-acre stormwater retention basins, 350 feet of vegetated ditches, 150 feet of stream bank erosion control, a 680-foot containment berm, easement purchases, and a City-County agreement for maintenance. Cook SWCD managed grants totaling $640,300, partnering with the City of Grand Marais, Cook County, MN Lake Superior Coastal Program, and MN DNR Flood Damage Reduction to complete these projects. 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research -- Education / Outreach $5,218 Wetland Conservation Act $4,991 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $43,773 Planning/ other local water management duties $33,670 Conservation easement funding / assistance -- Programs and Operations $10,915 Total $98,567
A stormwater management plan for Grand Marais was developed through the SWCD’s partnership with the City of Grand Marais, County of Cook, and MN Lake Superior Coastal Program. The group contracted an Engineer/Hydrologist to model stormwater fl ow and write the plan. Input was received from 65 citizens, elected offi cials, and agency staff to identify and prioritize improvement projects. Over the last three years, 15 of 23 projects were completed and six others are in progress. The SWCD collaborated with the U of MN Seagrant to use NEMO for public presentations on storm water. Two bioengineering streambank projects were completed, partly funded by a $15,000 MN Lake Superior Coastal grant. Each were 75-foot bioengineered streambank projects, a native planting with signage, live-staking of dogwood and willow by junior high classes, and classroom tours of the projects and watershed. Stormwater studies were funded by a MN Lake Superior Coastal Program grant for a hydrology study to solve downtown fl ooding. Another grant was used to compile existing topography layers and create a GIS database for the approximately 3,000 acres in the Grand Marais watershed. The Cook County Property Owner’s Resource Guide was developed to help property owners understand the County Land Use Ordinance. It contains helpful information on purchasing property, building a home, installing and maintaining sewage treatment systems, managing stormwater runoff, building a driveway, protecting your home from wildfi re, and protecting water quality through shoreline ordinance. Conservation education programs include the County Fair booth, 5th Grade Poster Contest, and erosion control workshops for contractors, The rain and Lake Superior snow monitor network involves 30 landowners who supply daily precipitation readings and phrenology observations to the SWCD. Data has been collected since 1988 as a local source of weather and is forwarded to the U of MN State Climatology. Cook SWCD is also connecting volunteers to a state study of snow patterns in a fi ve-mile band along Lake Superior’s north shore. Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cook Soil & Water Conservation District Water quality concerns -- eroding streambanks on Lake Superior’s North Shore rivers, mercury impairment of inland lakes, nutrient loading on developed lakes. Only 8% of county is owned privately and much of this private land is riparian. Concern for cumulative effects of wetland loss in shoreland areas and in pockets on forested hillsides due to high rate of development and wetland exemptions. Concern for increased stormwater runoff and gullying along roads on steep hills near lakes, streams and wetlands. Development pressure on marginal sites characterized by steep forested slopes, thin soils, and wetlands. Cumulative impacts of erosion at construction sites. Need for public education on the importance of sound land use and the land-use laws that protect water quality. Need for incentives for local food production. County terrain is not amenable to large farms. Future Projects Streambank stabilization -- Cook SWCD is managing a $350,000 Clean Water Legacy grant to repair a large eroding bank on the Poplar River (impaired - turbidity). SWCD technical staff and Joint Powers Engineer are assisting the landowner, Lutsen Mountains. Construction will include a bank stabilization and revegetation to reduce sediment transport into the river and Lake Superior. This will reduce / divert peak fl ow to prevent further bank degradation. SWCD staff and one supervisor meet monthly with a landowner group working to remove the river from the impaired waters list. Roadside erosion control near a trout stream -- The 5-county Joint Powers Engineer and County Highway staff will upgrade a culvert, install rock in an eroding ditch channel, and vegetate a clay bank near an intermittent stream near the Flute Reed River. 35
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Meeker Soil & Water Conservation Di
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Pipestone Soil & Water Conservation
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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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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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Wright Soil & Water Conservation Di
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