• Table of Contents:
  • The Table of Contents lists each Section of the Lincoln County Water Management Plan update and the pages in which the specific items start.  Each Section starts over with the page number being "1".
• Preface (2009):
  • Includes maps of the following:
    -Watersheds in the County
    -Major lakes in Lincoln County: Lake Benton, Lake Hendricks, Lake Shaokatan, East and West Lake Stay, and Dead Coon Lake 
  • 2009 Plan Administration
  • Accomplishments: January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2008.
• Preface (2004):
  • Includes a description of Lincoln County, MN;
  • Plan Administration and Role of the Task Force; and
  • Accomplishments: May 20, 1997 to December 31, 2003.
• Section 1: Executive Summary (2009):
  • Version and purpose of the plan.
  • 2009 - 2013 Description of Priority Concerns and Summary of Goals, Actions and projected total cost.
• Executive Summary (2004):
  • Version and Purpose;
  • Description of Priority Concerns;
  • Summary of Goals and Actions and Projected Total Cost;
  • Summary of Consistency/Inconsistency of the Plan with other Plans; and
  • Summary of Recommended Amendments to other Plans/Controls.
• Assessment of the Priority Concerns:
  • Assessment of each of the priority concerns listed above.
• Goals and Objectives:
  • Lists the goad and objectives which are addressed under each of the priority concerns.
• Section 4: Implementation Plan (2009):
  • Impaired Waters and TMDLs.
  • Priority Concerns, Goals, Objectives, Action Items for the next five years - 2009 - 2013.
• Implementation Program (2004):
  • Lists the implementation program for the priority concerns and also lists the Abbreviations used in this section.
• Implementation: Ongoing Activities Coordinated by the Plan:
  • Identifies other activities and programs that make up the local water management program, but are not reflected in the priority concern section;
  • Lincoln County Comprehensive Development Ordinance; and
  • Lincoln County Comprehensive Sustainable Development Plan.
• Appendix: Priority Scoping Document:
  • Initial Priority Concerns;
  • Description of how and why the priority concerns were chosen;
  • Attachment 1: Priority concerns/issues collected from local/state/federal agencies;
  • Attachment 2: Priority concerns/issues collected from state and local input meetings;
  • Attachment 3: Water Plan issue identification meeting for Lincoln County;
  • Attachment 4: Minutes from the Water Plan Update-Public Input Meeting- February 11, 2003;
  • Priority Scoping Document Addendum: December, 2003-priority concerns portion of the scoping document is replaced with this section of priority concerns.

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  Lincoln County Water Management Plan
  Implementation
  - 2011 -

  The Lincoln County Water Management Task force has approved the following implementation items for the 2011 program year:
   

• Well Sealing Program:
  • Available to landowners with land in Lincoln County.
  • 75% cost-share not to exceed $350.00 per well sealed.
  • Landowner must get prior approval from the Lincoln SWCD office before sealing well.
  • Dollars available to seal approximately 10-wells.

  
     Shown is a well being sealed with bentonite by a licensed well contractor.
   

• Conserving Use Acres Program:
  • Provides conserving use acres dollars to six landowners in Lincoln County.
  • Plant small grain in order to install conservation practices during the summer months.
  • Available to landowners constructing conservation practices in the current year.

For more information or questions on the Lincoln County Water Management Plan contact: pauline.vanoverbeke@mn.nacdnet.net

For information on the process of Local Water Management Planning go to: http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/watermgmt/index.html