Dunn County Land & Water Conservation. Locally Led Conservation March 19, 2015

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1 Dunn County Land & Water Conservation Locally Led Conservation March 19, 2015

2 A County Perspective Dan Prestebak County Conservationist Amanda Hanson Conservation Planner Robert Walter Dunn County Board Supervisor Planning Resources & Development Committee, Chair. Land Conservation Committee, Chair

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6 TMDL Data Collected in the 1990 s TMDL Plan began in 2000 TMDL Plan Approved by EPA, September 2012 Red Cedar Partnership, December 2013 Do Not Wait

7 Town of Grant AEA ,000 Acres 15 Petitioners 47 Cooperators Sustaining an Agricultural Way of Life

8 Citizens 2009 Petition Requesting Clean Water 250 signatures County Board City Council Civic Engagement 2013

9 2011 The Year of Water Sustainable Dunn Resolutions: City Council County Board Clean Water Rally

10 Tainter Menomin Lake Improvement Association Land Water and People 4 TH Annual Conference Mach 12, 2015 Solutions Minimum Impact Design Standards Ray The Soils Guy Archuleta Farmer Panels Red Cedar Partnership Active Citizenship

11 UW Stout--Lakes Project Farmer Social Networks Phosphorus Remediation Strategies Economic Impacts Sedimentology Ethnography of RCB land users Communicating complex information

12 Civic Governance 2014 A New Way of Policy Making People defining the problem are the people who can solve the problem Stakeholders

13 Who Is Responsible for Clean Water? Most of the Responsibility for providing Direction, Policy, and Solutions for Ensuring a Sustainable Supply of Clean Water has been placed on Government Agencies even though Citizens play a Crucial Role in the success of Identified Solutions. TMDL Implementation Plan for Lake St. Croix

14 Red Cedar Partnership The Red Cedar River Water Quality Partnership is organized to share and learn information about the various efforts underway to improve the water quality of the streams, rivers and lakes of the Red Cedar River Watershed. The Partnership is the principal organization that will write a comprehensive watershed management plan focused on water quality in the Red Cedar River Watershed, and oversee implementation of that plan.

15 Red Cedar Partnership Dan Zerr UWEX Paul LaLiberte WI DNR" Tyler Gruetzmacher -- Barron County LCD, Sorge, Patrick W WI DNR Ron Verdon -- Tainter Menomin Lake Improvement Association Dan Prestebak Dunn County Amanda Hanson Dunn County Dave Gifford Barron County Planning and Zoning Julia Olmstead Farmer Led Watershed, UWEX Tim Jergenson -- Barron County UWEX Ruth King -- WI DNR, Spooner Mike Wendt -- 3M Katie Wantoch Dunn County UWEX Nels Paulson UW Stout Randy Eide City of Menomonie Rod Olson -- Barron County Lakes Steve Rassmusen Dunn County Board of Supervisors Tom Quin Dunn County Land Conservation Committee Bob Fitzwilliam--West Wisconsin Land Trust

16 Civic Organizing Stakeholders Need a Role Build for the Long Term-- Build Strong

17 Chapter 92: Soil and Water Conservation and Animal Waste Management Land Conservation Committee Land and Water Conservation Department Staff Land and Water Resource Management Plan Allows Each County s Plan to be Unique 15 Member Citizen Advisory Committee 22 Member Technical Advisory Committee

18 Political Will--Dunn County Directional Planning Environmental Weigh-in for all Actions Sustainable Weigh-in for all Actions Proactive Government Shoreland Protection Ordinance Non-Metallic Mining Moratorium Public Input Report on Impacts Construction Aggregate Vs. Industrial Sand

19 Resources--Dunn County Property Tax Levy Limits Political Will/Reality Revenue Sharing Substantial Reduction over several years Directed to specific projects Grants At what level and for what purposes will money be available? Be Cautious-Don t build grants into a continuing budget item.

20 Water Quality Water Conservationist Position Devote up to $100,000 of Contingency Fund for Water Quality Recommended by the PR&D Committee Approved by the Committee on Administration Will develop Guidelines but broadly required to be used to improve Water Quality