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Kittson Soil & Water Conservation District 70 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 410 S 5th Street, Suite 106 Hallock, MN 56728 PHONE: (218) 843-2619 FAX: (218) 843-2772 www.nwmnswcd.org SWCD board meetings: 2nd Thursday of month at 7 a.m. (8 a.m. in winter months) Kittson County Land Cover Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious Name Position Address Phone Elected Greg Peterson Chairman 3471 270th Avenue, Lancaster 218-762-7461 2000 Scott Klein Vice chair 1946 200th Avenue, Hallock 218-843-2752 2004 Joe Wilebski Treasurer 3988 320th Avenue, Lancaster 218-762-7251 2000 Justin Dagen Secretary 1148 360th Avenue, Karlstad 218-436-2156 2002 Ron Anderson Public Relations 1371 430th Avenue, Karlstad 218-436-2164 2006 Recent Projects / Accomplishments SWCD Board of Supervisors Pictured: Before (top) and after an erosion control project at the Two Rivers Golf Club in Hallock 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research $25,000 Education / Outreach $2,600 Wetland Conservation Act $8,225 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $6,000 Planning/ other local water management duties $25,000 Conservation easement funding / assistance -- Programs and Operations $83,175 Total $150,308
Countywide zoning and the Ag Inspection programs for Kittson County are administered by the Kittson SWCD. The SWCD also administers the traditional SWCD programs, including tree planting, local water management, feedlot upgrades, Wetland Conservation Act, shoreland stabilization, and ISTS replacement. Seven perpetual conservation easements through the Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) program have been established by the SWCD on privately owned lands in Kittson County. Nearly $270,000 was loaned through the Ag BMP program at an interest rate of 3 percent in 2006. The program helps landowners pay for best management practices, including equipment and septic systems. Nearly $1.9 million has been loaned out of the Kittson SWCD revolving loan account since 1997. Rain gauge monitoring is done by 25 volunteers who report rainfall amounts from April through October each year. The information is compiled through the SWCD offi ce and forwarded to the Minnesota Climatology Offi ce. This is essential baseline data acquired for Kittson County through the help of volunteer landowners. The Kittson SWCD sponsors the Public Law-566 project proposed by the Two Rivers Watershed District. The SWCD sponsors this and other such projects by providing technical assistance, cost share or by donating work space for staff working on these projects. The Springbrook erosion control project is one example of how the cost-share funds are used to improve water quality. The project included the installation of fl ow control, resloping road ditches, relocating dikes away from waterway edges and seeding grass buffers. The outcomes are to reduce highly erosive water velocities, prevent bank sloughing, increase ditch-holding capacity, and improve water quality. Educational events include the Envirothon, the Northwest Minnesota Water Festival, Arbor Day presentations, Riverwatch, Crop Improvement, and Kittson County Fair booths and career days at local schools. Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Kittson Soil & Water Conservation District Forty-fi ve wells have been sealed through the Kittson SWCD since 2000, with a combination of funding from EQIP, State Cost-Share and CLWP Cost- Share. Livestock producers have received over $4,000 from the SWCD to help with the expense of disposing of dead animals through the dead animal pickup cost share program since 2000. Reduce erosion Protect and restore water quality Promote wildlife management Educate the public on natural resource issues Administer cost share to accomplish established priorities Future Projects The Kittson SWCD recently received a Local Water Management challenge grant for a project at the Greenwood Cemetery, Hallock. A work group has been formed to help deal with the details of the rotational failure, and to work with TSA 1 Engineer Jim Hest. The project will have several phases, with the fi rst phase being the removal of several graves in danger of falling into the nearby Two Rivers. A streambank stabilization project has been surveyed and designed by Hest on another stretch of the Two Rivers. This project is designed to save a cabin on a bluff that has been severely eroding over the past few years. Once a permit has been obtained from the DNR, the project will begin. The Riverside Cemetery in Lake Bronson is another streambank stabilization project in which the SWCD is involved. A survey and design will be completed in the fall/winter of 2007-2008. The SWCD is also currently working with landowners in the sealing of 10 wells. 71
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