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Watershed Management Plan Citizens Advisory Committee April 18, 2011

Watershed Management Plan Citizens Advisory Committee April 18, 2011. Agenda. 9:00 a m Welcome and introductions 9:05am Review Kickoff meeting minutes 9:15 am Review information regarding past programs and actions 9:30 am Identify priority issues and concerns 10:30 am Adjourn.

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Watershed Management Plan Citizens Advisory Committee April 18, 2011

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  1. Watershed Management PlanCitizens Advisory CommitteeApril 18, 2011

  2. Agenda 9:00 am Welcome and introductions 9:05am Review Kickoff meeting minutes 9:15 am Review information regarding past programs and actions 9:30 am Identify priority issues and concerns 10:30 am Adjourn

  3. Watershed Problems • Bacteria • Turbidity • Phosphorus

  4. Bacteria in surface water • Four sources • Livestock • Humans • Wildlife • Pets

  5. Turbidity in surface water • Runoff • Fields • Construction sites • Highly erodible lands • Erosion • Wind • Gully • Streambank • Overgrazed pasture • Suspended organic matter • Algae • Carp and rough fish

  6. Phosphorus in surface water • Point sources • Wastewater treatment facilities • Storm water • Livestock facilities greater than 1000 animal units • Nonpoint sources • Inadequate septics • Row cropland • Feedlots • Urban runoff • Rural runoff • Streambank erosion • Internal Loading • Wind • Carp

  7. Kickoff meeting • filter strips • streambank erosion • drainage • flood storage • residue management • phosphorus in Heron Lake • open tile intakes

  8. General Operation • Board of managers • Staff • Office space and equipment • Vehicles and maintenance • Operational expenses

  9. Education • Monthly newsletters • Website • Watershed tours • Semi-annual workshops • Field days • Demonstration projects • Youth education projects

  10. Monitoring • Three streams annually • 25 samples per year • Six lakes every three years • 6 samples per year • Determine if water quality improvement is occurring

  11. BMP Implementation • Critical area plantings • Grassed waterways • Terraces • Filter strips • Shoreline restoration • Conservation tillage incentives

  12. Impaired Waters & TMDLs • TMDL Implementation Plan • Water Quality Management Planning Grant • Watershed Coordinator • WF Des Moines River TMDL Implementation Grant • Level III Feedlot Inventory • Watershed Coordinator

  13. Flood Damage Reduction • Wildlife ponds/sedimentation basins • Wetland restoration • Rain gardens • Alternative tile intakes

  14. HLWD Plan Focus • Organized according to resources • Water quality • Water quantity • Drainage systems • Biotic habitat • Wetlands • Flooding • Education • Funding • Goals and actions • Specific items to address problems

  15. Priority issues and concerns • 1.

  16. Priority issues and concerns

  17. Proposed Heron Lake WD Management Plan 10 Year Update Timeline Date: April 7, 2011 WMP= Watershed Management Plan

  18. Thank you!

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