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Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Lincoln County Land Cover 82 SWCD Guidebook 2008-2009 PO Box 32 Ivanhoe, MN 56142 PHONE: (507) 694-1630 FAX: (507) 694-1850 www.lincolnswcd.net SWCD board meetings: 3rd Wednesday of month • • Agricultural Forest Grass/Shrub/Wetland Water Impervious 7 a.m. (April - October) 10 a.m. (November - March) Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns 1. Groundwater protection for the Verdi well fi eld 2. Surface water quality deterioration focusing on two TMDL sites: Lake Shaokatan and the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River 3. Erosion and sediment control on agricultural land, with several priority areas being the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River Watershed, Norwegian Creek, Coon Creek, Lake Benton Lake and Dead Coon Lake 4. Lake management improvement (water quality) and recreational opportunities targeting lakes Benton, Shaokatan, and Hendricks 5. Addressing surface water runoff volume and water quality through drainage management Recent Projects / Accomplishments SWCD Board of Supervisors A Farm Bill Assistant works for the SWCD through a partnership with Pheasant’s Forever, the DNR, BWSR and the SWCD. By promoting conservation programs directly to landowners, the SWCD has completed many projects to im- prove water quality and wildlife habitat, including: • Two joint wetland restoration projects funded by CREP and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. One restored 60-plus-acre wetland basin between the two properties. The other restored more than 50 acres. • Enrolled two Working Lands Initiative Projects into state easements which will be restored in 2008. • Designed a Buffer Initiative support letter, asked and received County Commissioner endorsement and sent out endorsement letters to 533 landowners involved with a county drainage system. This was done in part through the Water Plan Challenge Grant-Lincoln County Drainage Ditch Survey and Management Plan. • Worked with landowners on promoting the different options available by enrolling areas into CRP and helping to design plans to fi t what they wanted. • In the past year, developed over 240 new conservation plans for new and expiring CRP contacts. Name Position Address Phone Elected Daniel Christianson Chairman 3479 County Road 101, Hendricks 507-275-3460 1971 Glen Sorensen Vice-Chairman 2777 County Road 125, Arco 507-487-5771 1985 Conrad Schardin Secretary 1638 State Highway 14, Lake Benton 507-368-4876 2003 Joseph Weber Treasurer 1978 County Highway 13, Lake Benton 507-368-4681 1995 John Boulton PR&I 2589 State Highway 68, Porter 507-296-4668 1967

The TMDL plan for Lake Shaokatan has led to efforts to promote and install best management practices in the Watershed including the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River and Lake Shaokatan Watershed, in cooperation with the Yellow Medicine River Watershed District. Practices installed through the SWCD’s efforts include: • • • 20-Rock/blind intakes A drainage tile diversion and wetland enhancement project installed in cooperation with Lake Shaokatan Sportsman’s Club and a private landowner A wetland restoration on a 48-acre pasture site, where tile was re-routed to a wetland for fi ltering before entering the lake, and a control structure was added to the outlet of the wetland to control nutrients from entering the lake. This project was done in cooperation with DNR, Lake Shaokatan Sportsmen Club, Yellow Medicine River Watershed District, Lincoln County Parks and Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area. The Water Management Plan for Lincoln County is implemented by the SWCD. More than 600 wells have been sealed through these efforts. Conserving Use Acres Program annually provides dollars to six landowners to plant small grain for summer construction of approximately 15-25 water and sediment control basins. Nearly 30 Rock Inlets have been installed to date. A Drainage Ditch Survey and Management Plan through a Challenge Grant was completed through the SWCD and Lincoln County GIS specialist. Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Lincoln County has the second highest number of acres of living snow fences in which the SWCD utilizes county highway department funds for this project, administered in partnership with MN DOT. Over the past fi ve years 50,000 - 104,000 trees have been planted per year. The SWCD’s Wetland Conservation Act duties have led to some development project being modifi ed to avoid impacting wetlands. On one recent project, SWCD staff worked with golf course designers in Tyler in 2002. The SWCD’s involvement ensured that the course did not substantially alter the hydrology of existing wetlands, and a diverse mix of native vegetation was planted to enhance the ecological and aesthetic value of the existing wetlands. 2005 Expenditures by category Monitoring / Research -- Education / Outreach $10,837 Wetland Conservation Act $20,000 Cost Share / project construction, implementation and maintenance $229,803 Planning/ other local water management duties $7,438 Conservation easement funding / assistance $39,123 Programs and Operations $166,889 Total $474,090 Future Projects Clean Water Legacy Grant: 1) Work with the Lyon and Yellow Medicine SWCDs and the Yellow Medicine River Watershed District to install conservation practices throughout the TMDL designated sites in the Yellow Medicine River Watershed area. 2) Work with the Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) and the SWCDs in the RCRCA area on a Clean Water Legacy Grant. WCA: Five projects to construct new dams or repair existing dams in cooperation with Area II MN River Basin, the DNR, NRCS and RCRCA. Living Snow Fences: install approximately 2 miles of living snow fences planned for State Highways 14 & 75. 83

Lincoln<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> & <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

Lincoln County<br />

Land Cover<br />

82 SWCD <strong>Guidebook</strong> <strong>2008</strong>-2009<br />

PO Box 32<br />

Ivanhoe, MN 56142<br />

PHONE: (507) 694-1630<br />

FAX: (507) 694-1850<br />

www.lincolnswcd.net<br />

SWCD board meetings:<br />

3rd Wednesday of month<br />

•<br />

•<br />

Agricultural<br />

Forest<br />

Grass/Shrub/Wetland<br />

<strong>Water</strong><br />

Impervious<br />

7 a.m. (April - October)<br />

10 a.m. (November - March)<br />

Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns<br />

1. Groundwater protection for the Verdi well fi eld<br />

2. Surface water quality deterioration focusing on two TMDL sites:<br />

Lake Shaokatan and the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River<br />

3. Erosion and sediment control on agricultural land, with several<br />

priority areas being the South Branch of the Yellow Medicine River<br />

<strong>Water</strong>shed, Norwegian Creek, Coon Creek, Lake Benton Lake and<br />

Dead Coon Lake<br />

4. Lake management improvement (water quality) and recreational<br />

opportunities targeting lakes Benton, Shaokatan, and Hendricks<br />

5. Addressing surface water runoff volume and water quality<br />

through drainage management<br />

Recent Projects / Accomplishments<br />

SWCD Board of Supervisors<br />

A Farm Bill Assistant works for the<br />

SWCD through a partnership with Pheasant’s Forever,<br />

the DNR, BWSR and the SWCD. By promoting<br />

conservation programs directly to landowners,<br />

the SWCD has completed many projects to im-<br />

prove water quality and wildlife habitat, including:<br />

• Two joint wetland restoration projects funded by<br />

CREP and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. One restored<br />

60-plus-acre wetland basin between the two<br />

properties. The other restored more than 50 acres.<br />

• Enrolled two Working Lands Initiative Projects<br />

into state easements which will be restored in <strong>2008</strong>.<br />

• Designed a Buffer Initiative support letter, asked<br />

and received County Commissioner endorsement<br />

and sent out endorsement letters to 533<br />

landowners involved with a county drainage<br />

system. This was done in part through the <strong>Water</strong><br />

Plan Challenge Grant-Lincoln County Drainage<br />

Ditch Survey and Management Plan.<br />

• Worked with landowners on promoting the different<br />

options available by enrolling areas into CRP<br />

and helping to design plans to fi t what they wanted.<br />

• In the past year, developed over 240 new conservation<br />

plans for new and expiring CRP contacts.<br />

Name Position Address Phone Elected<br />

Daniel Christianson Chairman 3479 County Road 101, Hendricks 507-275-3460 1971<br />

Glen Sorensen Vice-Chairman 2777 County Road 125, Arco 507-487-5771 1985<br />

Conrad Schardin Secretary 1638 State Highway 14, Lake Benton 507-368-4876 2003<br />

Joseph Weber Treasurer 1978 County Highway 13, Lake Benton 507-368-4681 1995<br />

John Boulton PR&I 2589 State Highway 68, Porter 507-296-4668 1967

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