The SWCD offered technical assistance and incentives through a three-year BWSR Clean Water Fund demonstration grant. —

The Big Stone SWCD worked with West Central TSA engineers and landowners on BWSR Clean Water Fund-backed work in the Five Mile Creek watershed, which flows to the Minnesota River. —

With dollars dedicated to outreach, Pheasants Forever senior Farm Bill biologist Josh Pommier could spend more time promoting MN CREP as an option. Meeker County landowners have enrolled 30 MN CREP easements totaling nearly 1,100 acres. —

ZIMMERMAN — With an alum treatment targeting in-lake phosphorus, the Isanti Soil & Water Conservation District this fall embarked upon the…

MILLERSBURG — A 157-acre Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program enrollment in Rice County has restored a wetland and…

In the Pomme de Terre River watershed near Morris, Clean Water Funds and federal assistance support prioritized projects targeting Perkins Lake. Farmers are seeing the benefits of conservation that mends gullies and slows runoff; impaired waters benefit from nutrient reductions. —

NRCS-supported position expands ability to work with private landowners throughout county, Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape — When the Morrison Soil & Water Conservation District hired forester Lew Noska, it expanded the capacity to provide expertise — and one more point of contact — for landowners throughout Morrison County and the Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape. “There is a large chunk of Morrison County that is forested,” said…

NRCS’ $400,000 contribution agreement with Morrison SWCD and its Regional Conservation Partnership Program renewal focus on the Sentinel Landscape, where management can improve resiliency and habitat, protect the National Guard’s mission — LITTLE FALLS — With an infusion of funds and a focus on forestry, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is making it easier and less costly for private landowners to manage their property within the Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape, a 10-mile buffer that simultaneously protects natural resources and the National…

Dedicated MRBI funding supported a conversion to hay on highly erodible ground, but this Chisago County farmer’s additional work with NRCS to expand no-till, install fencing also benefits water quality — from the St. Croix River to the Gulf of Mexico —