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Water Quality Reductions in Hawk Creek Watershed and Land Retirement In Renville County

Water Quality Reductions in Hawk Creek Watershed and Land Retirement In Renville County. Joe M. Stangel - Renville SWCD Patrick Baskfield - MPCA. Hawk and Beaver Creek Watersheds.

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Water Quality Reductions in Hawk Creek Watershed and Land Retirement In Renville County

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  1. Water Quality Reductions in Hawk Creek Watershed and Land Retirement In Renville County Joe M. Stangel - Renville SWCD Patrick Baskfield - MPCA

  2. Hawk and Beaver Creek Watersheds

  3. Between 1999 and 2006, substantial reductions in flow weighted mean concentrations of several water quality parameters have been documented for both Hawk and Beaver Creeks located the Upper Minnesota river Basin West Fork Beaver Creek Hawk Creek near Maynard

  4. Reductions have occurred with both sediment and phosphorus; what happened? Blue Earth River Le Sueur River West Fork Beaver Creek 6/2/2004 Watonwan River

  5. Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Flow Weighted Mean Concentrations TSS surrogate value for noncompliance with State turbidity standard (58 mg/L for WCBP ecoregion)

  6. Total Phophorus (TP) Flow Weighted Mean Concentrations

  7. Nitrate nitrogen flow weighted mean concentrations show an increasing trend

  8. Summary • Monitoring data from 1999-2005 show 45-50% reductions in sediment flow weighted mean total suspended flow weighted mean concentrations and 20-25% reductions in phosphorus flow weighted mean concentrations (conservative estimates) • Nitrate nitrogen flow weighted mean concentrations have increased 20 to 30% during this same time period.

  9. Where is Renville County?

  10. Renville County Agricultural Statistics 2005 • #1Corn for Grain • #1Green Peas • #1Sweet Corn • #3Soybeans • #5Sugar Beets • #5Dry Edible Beans • #5Pig Crop 575,177 Cropland Acres

  11. Renville County Conservation Program Statistics 2006 • CREP 9,501.4 • RIM 4,922.7 • CCRP 3,579.1 • CRP 2,044.7 • WRP 1,513.0 • RIM/WRP 311.3 Total Private Lands Conservation, 21,872.2 acres Or 3.8% percent of total county area.

  12. Easements in Renville County and Beaver Creek Watershed

  13. Water Quality Problems Abound!

  14. Water Quantity IssuesMinnesota River Flood 1997

  15. Easement History

  16. Motivation

  17. Mass Mailings Land Specific Quotes One on One Contacts Landowner Example Indirect Marketing Easement History Square Things Up Tax Break Payments Investment for future Lender Referrals Hunting Land Legacy Marginal Land Target Direct Marketing

  18. Outside Influence • Freedom to Farm Act • Economic Climate • Competitive Payments • Easement History

  19. Hard Work = Success

  20. Ultimate Goal!

  21. Beaver Creek Watershed126,631 acres

  22. Beaver Creek Reaches • Buffer 40% • ½ Buffer 10% • No Buffer 50% • 176 Easements (RIM, CREP) • 6,561 acres

  23. GIS Skills • Thanks to: Shawn Weick - NRCS Jason Ewert - MPCA

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