Improving Water Quality Through Community-Led Watershed Management
Date
2024Metadata
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"Valley Stewardship Network addresses a widespread need for nutrient and sediment reduction in Southwest Wisconsin streams by supporting farmer and community leadership initiatives and providing technical assistance and funding resources for conservation practices. Watershed council development in five area watersheds has created opportunities for collaborative management goals, including the beginning development of an EPA “9-key element” watershed plan. Conversion of row crops to conservation practices, such as managed grazing and native vegetation strips, benefit water quality by increasing water infiltration and reducing nutrient and sediment runoff while helping farmers achieve long-term economic viability, improved production, and climate resilience. Through 2023, Valley Stewardship Network has planted 63 acres of prairie and facilitated implementation of 986 managed grazing acres. Initial water quality results indicate a reduction in stream phosphorus concentration following implementation of managed grazing practices.
Presenter: Elizabeth Summers, Valley Stewardship Network (Climate Change)"
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Extension Lakes
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"Valley Stewardship Network addresses a widespread need for nutrient and sediment reduction in Southwest Wisconsin streams by supporting farmer and community leadership initiatives and providing technical assistance and funding resources for conservation practices. Watershed council development in five area watersheds has created opportunities for collaborative management goals, including the beginning development of an EPA “9-key element” watershed plan. Conversion of row crops to conservation practices, such as managed grazing and native vegetation strips, benefit water quality by increasing water infiltration and reducing nutrient and sediment runoff while helping farmers achieve long-term economic viability, improved production, and climate resilience. Through 2023, Valley Stewardship Network has planted 63 acres of prairie and facilitated implementation of 986 managed grazing acres. Initial water quality results indicate a reduction in stream phosphorus concentration following implementation of managed grazing practices.
Presenter: Elizabeth Summers, Valley Stewardship Network (Climate Change)"