2008 Conservation Tour

 

  
 

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On Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 the Morrison Soil and Water Conservation District held a Conservation Tour for partner agencies and local elected officials.

The tour started at 11:30 with the objective to reflect land use complexity, conservation solutions, controversies, and successes. 

The following sites were shown:

  • Morrison County Clay Pits
  • Farmstead Shelterbelts
  • Ag Waste System funded by FWQ/EQIP
  • CRP site
  • Swan River 319 Terrace Project
  • Wetland Types/Functions/Violations
  • Monitoring Well Demonstration
  • First Established Farm in Morrison County
  • Irrigation Permitted Sites
  • Revetment Creek Stabilization Project
  • Certified Organic Farm
  • Re-Invest in Minnesota Site
  • EQIP Rotational Grazing
  • Obsolete Concrete Ag Waste Pit
  • Non-Compliance Farm After Receiving Financial and Technical Assistance To Fix
  • Little Rock Initiative Success Site
  • Field Windbreaks After 30 Years and Why They Failed
  • Sediment Basins
  • Non Compliant Feedlots
  • Wetland Restoration Sites
  • USFW Restoration
  • Christmas Tree Farm
  • CRP Native Grass Planting
  • Silage Leeching Site/Controversy
  • Re-Invest in Minnesota Snowfence
  • Re-Invest in Minnesota Wetland Restoration
  • ACUB (Army Compatible Use Buffer Program) Properties

Below are some photos of the stops that were made along the way.

  (Above is an example of an FWQ/EQIP funded roofed feedlot with curbing.)

 

  (Above is and example of an EQIP funded Ag Waste System.)

 

  (An example of a flush sand lane and sand separator system used with an Ag Waste System.)

We would like to thank all of those that participated in the Conservation Tour.  We would also like to thank the landowners that were willing to share their conservation project with the participants of the tour.