Leopold conservation award winner to address watershed council
Leopold conservation award winner to address watershed council Tainter Creek The 2014 Leopold Conservation Award winner, Jack Herricks, will address the farmers of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council at their Thursday, March 18 meeting, from 7-9 p.m.. Herricks operates a 600-cow dairy near Cashton, and was a participant in the UW-Discovery Farms’ Jersey Valley Watershed project to research links between edge-of-field runoff and water quality. The Herricks have been practicing no-till farming since 1992, as well as other conservation practices such as cove...
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