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Vernon County Board of Supervisors will vote in June on decommissioning dams in West Fork Kickapoo and Coon Creek watersheds, addressing erosion issues and mitigating floods.

Dams set for decommission in Coon Creek and West Fork Kickapoo watersheds review plans and ask for comment from the public

Vernon and Monroe counties discuss manure storage and management With farmers and DATCP JENNIFER HEATON-AMRHEIN, DATCP Chief, Land Resources Manage-ment Section/Land and Water Resources Bureau (right), and Lisa Trumble, DATCP Land and Water Resource Management Specialist (left), spoke to members of the Crawford County CAFO Study Group on March 12, in Prairie du Chien. Heaton-Amrhein participated in the joint meeting held by Vernon and ...

Farmers of watershed council begin planning for 2021 Tainter Creek CRAWFORD AND VERNON COUNTIES - About 16 people participated in the Thursday, January 28 meeting of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council. Participants had the option to attend online or in-person, and about six people were present at the Franklin Town Hall and 10 people attended online. At their first meeting in 2021, the group learned about the new Producer Led Watershed Council grant provided ...

Following a discussion in which almost 40 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Vernon County Land Conservation committee and staff members, and almost 20 interested citizens discussed recent manure-related fish kills in Vernon County, the Land Conservation Committee made a big decision. Land Conservation Committee member Rod Ofte moved, and Kelli Mitchell seconded, a motion to form a committee to collaborate with Monroe County on revisions and updates to both county’s manure storage ...

Counties to collaborate on update to manure storage ordinance Vernon and Monroe VERNON AND MONROE - Following a discussion in which almost 40 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Vernon County Land Conservation committee and staff members, and almost 20 interested citizens discussed recent manure-related fish kills in Vernon County, the Land Conservation Committee made a big decision. Vernon County Land Conservation Committee member Rod Ofte moved, and ...