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Lincoln Soil and
Water Conservation District
P.O. Box 32
Ivanhoe, MN 56142
(Mailing Address)
The
Lincoln
Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) was organized July 3,
1944. The SWCD works with landowners in both rural and urban
settings to carry out a program for the conservation, use and
development of soil, water and related resources. The district
is a political subdivision of the state and is governed by a five
member Board of Supervisors. The board sets policy, hires
employees, and is responsible to see that the operations of the
district are run effectively and according to the law and rule.
Mission:
T he
mission of the Lincoln SWCD is to protect and improve the quality of our
water, soil and natural resources by providing programs and services to
the citizens and owners of Lincoln County to implement conservation
practices
Priority Concerns:
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Ground water protection for the
Verdi Well Field. |
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Surface water quality deterioration
focusing on MPCAs list of TMDLs and Impaired waters. TMDL-South
Branch, Yellow Medicine River for Fecal Coliform. Impaired
waters include various river reaches and the following Lakes:
Dead Coon, Benton, Perch, Shaokatan and Hendricks. TMDLs
underway: Lac qui Parle River-Yellow Bank-Bacteria, Turbidity,
and Low Dissolved Oxygen; Lake Shaokatan-Excess Nutrients;
Redwood River-Fecal Coliform and Turbidity; and Minnesota
River-Turbidity. |
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Erosion
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Sediment Control on agricultural land primarily gully erosion
and concentrated flow with several priority areas throughout
Lincoln County including: TMDL-South Branch, Yellow Medicine
River for Fecal Coliform. Impaired waters including various
river reaches and lakes including: Dead Coon, Benton, Perch,
Shaokatan and Hendricks. TMDLs underway: Lac qui Parle
River-Yellow Bank-Bacteria, Turbidity and Low Dissolved Oxygen;
Lake Shaokatan-Excess Nutrients; Redwood River-Fecal Coliform
and Turbidity and Minnesota River-Turbidity.
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Ground water protection for the
Verdi Well Field. |
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Lake Management Improvement (water
quality) and Recreational Opportunities targeting Lake Benton,
Lake Shaokatan and Lake Hendricks. |
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The plan also addresses the following:
· Provide
for an effective/efficient District Operation and provide
assistance to landowners/operators.
· Increase
public awareness through educational, promotional and
informational activities. |
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The SWCD/NRCS
prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable,
sex, martial status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or
because all or a part of an individual’s income is derived from any
public assistance program.
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