Soil and Water
Soil and Water
| Soil & Water Agenda - February 12, 2012 |
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COOK COUNTY
Soil & Water 411 W 2nd Street CONSERVATION DISTRICT Grand Marais, MN 55604 (218) 387-3647 www.cookswcd.org Agenda – Regular Meeting of Soil & Water Board Thursday, February 2, 2012, 1:00 PM – Cook County Court House, Grand Marais A. 1:00 PM Call Meeting to Order. Jim Hall, Chair 1. Adjustments to Agenda 2. Minutes (pg. 1-4) 3. Treasurer’s Report (pg. 5) a. 2011 Year-End Budget to Actual (pg. 6-8) B. Business/Staff Reports 1. Kerrie Fabius, District Manager (pg. 9-10) a. Sustain our Great Lakes 2012 Grant Program. Motion to submit pre-proposal. 2. Cost-Share Projects a. City of Grand Marais erosion control project. Motion for partial payment. b. 2012 Cost-Share update. 3. MASWCD Legislative Briefing at the Capitol on February 15-16, 2012. Motion. 4. Danny Weber, NRCS District Conservationist 5. Ilena Berg, Water Plan Coordinator (pg. 11) a. Citizen Survey Summary (pg. 12-15) C. Reports of Standing Committees 1. Water Advisory Committee. Goodell 2. County Planning Commission/Board of Adjustments. Discussion. 3. Technical Service Area III. Farnam 4. Laurentian RC&D. Hall 5. MASWCD Forestry Committee. Hall 6. North Shore Forest Collaborative. Hall D. Correspondence 1. MN Statewide High Tunnel Conference on Feb. 8-9, 2012 is being offered by the UofM. 2. The Freshwater Society is planning a Precision Conservation Conference for 3/29/12. 3. Governor Dayton signed a MOU agreement to support a water quality certification program – 1/17/12. 4. MASWCD Board meeting agenda for 1/25/12. 5. NACD eNotes from 1/10/12. 6. MCIT Coverage webinar on 2/2/12. 7. Training news from BWSR for January 2012. Page 2 of 2 8. Minnesota Agricultural Water Resources Center (MAWRC) is seeking participants for the Discovery Farms Minnesota program. 9. Snow & Rain Reports received from 20 Monitors – forwarded to State Climatology historical records. E. Supervisor Concerns. The next regular meeting is March 1, 2012, 1:00 PM. BWSR: (Minnesota) Board of Water and Soil Resources DNR: Department of Natural Resources EQIP: Environmental Quality Incentives Program FRP: Flute Reed Partnership GLRI: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative MASWCD: Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts – Non-profit organization representing Minnesota's 91 soil and water conservation districts MCIT: Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust MPCA: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency NACD: National Association of Conservation Districts NRCS: Natural Resource Conservation Service – a USDA agency RC&D: Laurentian Resource Conservation & Development – Lake, Cook, St. Louis, Itasca, Koochiching County Boards, SWCD Boards and Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council Representatives. Funded and administered by NRCS. www.lrcd.org/council/ SWCD: Soil and Water Conservation District – 5 to 7 locally elected supervisors with one or more Districts in each county in the United States USDA: United States Department of Agriculture |
Soil & Water
District Manager
Kerrie Fabius
(218)387-3649
Water Plan Coordinator
Ilena Berg
(218)387-3648
Program Assistant
Theresa Oberg
(218)387-3647
LOCATION
Cook County Courthouse
411 W. 2nd Street
Grand Marais, MN 55604
HOURS
8AM-4PM M-F
PHONE
(218)387-3647
EMAIL
soilandwater@co.cook.mn.us
