Soil & Water Conservation District Guidebook 2008 - Minnesota ...

Hubbard
Soil & Water Conservation District
Hubbard County Land Cover
58 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009
212 1/2 - 2nd Street West
Park Rapids, MN 56470
PHONE: (218) 732-0121
FAX: (218) 732-3994
SWCD board meetings:
2nd Tuesday of month at
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8 a.m. (March – October),
8:30 a.m. (November - February)
Agricultural
Forest
Grass/Shrub/Wetland
Water
Impervious
Recent Projects / Accomplishments
SWCD Board of Supervisors
The Healthy Lakes and Rivers
Partnership has been a successful program that the
Hubbard County SWCD has had the opportunity to
participate in over the last few years. This project
works with local lake and river associations to identify
priority areas on their lake/river and then complete
and implement a lake or river management plan to
address those priorities. Since 2004, Hubbard SWCD
has worked with 11 lakes in conjunction with the
Initiative Foundation, the Northwest Minnesota
Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the MN DNR
and numerous other partners. This program fosters
a stronger connection between lake communities by
sharing successes and identifying common areas of
concern. The “Big 3” concerns that were consistently
identifi ed in Hubbard County were: water quality, land
use zoning/management, and aquatic invasive species.
Not only have numerous lakes benefi ted from this
program individually, but it has led to an Aquatic
Invasive Species Task Force within the county,
organized by the Hubbard County Coalition of
Lake Associations. This group has accomplished
an incredible amount in a short period of time. The
AIS Task Force implemented a signage program,
2005 Expenditures by category
Monitoring / Research $7,146
Education / Outreach $7,242
Wetland Conservation Act $5,000
Cost Share / project construction,
implementation and maintenance
$1,012
Planning/ other local water management duties $18,557
Conservation easement funding / assistance --
Programs and Operations $103,971
Total $136,928
Name Position Address Phone Elected
Doug Ralston Chair 25628 Aspen Drive, Menahga 218-732-0485 2004
Duane Splittstoesser Vice Chair 21608 County 12, Akeley 218-652-2722 2004
Don Rettinger Secretary 49537 County 3, Bemidji 218-854-7306 2000
Carol Berg Treasurer 29394 450th Street, Laporte 218-224-2127 1995
Don Sells PR & I 13672 County 18, Park Rapids 218-732-5910 2006