The Kickapoo Watershed covers approximately 700 square miles containing over 500 river miles. The watershed is within portions of Vernon, Crawford, Monroe and Richland Counties in southwest Wisconsin. River Planning Grant funding built the capacity of VSN to assist with the MRBI outreach and conservation goal development efforts, while increasing the participation of area farmers in our water quality programs. The document summarizes the Goals/Job Objectives; Activities; Method/Data; and Deliverable/Outcomes and provides specific details of VSN’s watershed council and related water quality work within this RPG grant project.

The Valley Stewardship Network is sponsoring a project to initiate two farmer-led watershed councils to identify and cooperatively solve nutrient runoff issues with conservation practices fundable though the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). Project activities and deliverables include: 1) mailings, meetings, and events to identify leaders and goals within Tainter and Knapp Creek watersheds, 2) establishment and facilitation of councils, 3) sociological surveys, 4) outreach and training re: MRBI conservation practices including water quality sampling, 5) data summarization with annual reports and mapping, 6) development of outreach materials for field day events, 7) pre and post-practice water quality samping and data entry (SWIMS), and 8) final report. This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps and digital images must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Planner.

The Valley Stewardship Network is sponsoring a project to initiate two farmer-led watershed councils to identify and cooperatively solve nutrient runoff issues with conservation practices fundable though the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). Project activities and deliverables include: 1) mailings, meetings, and events to identify leaders and goals within Tainter and Knapp Creek watersheds, 2) establishment and facilitation of councils, 3) sociological surveys, 4) outreach and training re: MRBI conservation practices including water quality sampling, 5) data summarization with annual reports and mapping, 6) development of outreach materials for field day events, 7) pre and post-practice water quality samping and data entry (SWIMS), and 8) final report. This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps and digital images must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Planner.