Prairie Lake Island Drifts Into River Country RC&D Council
A 3 acre floating bog island from Prairie Lake in Barron County drifts and lands near lakefront properties. The Barron County Board sent the issue through conservation channels seeking a solution as DNR notes limited authority to act. The RC&D group discusses past failed attempts by the Army Corps of Engineers to move the island.
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Prairie Lake Island
River Country
Rc&d Council
Prairie Lake
Barron County
County Board
Lap of
The
River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council
Anders Folstad
Barron County Board
Soil and Water Conservation District
Rc&d
Folstad
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mike Smith
ASCS
River Country Council
Regional planning changes foreseen in WCWRPC funding review
Kevin Jones cited 11 recommendations from a task force on WCWRPC effectiveness amid budget cuts reducing 20 percent of program funding. Non member reviews will be minimal, and three county reps may shift to two year terms, as the group seeks cost saving and restructuring while awaiting local governments' reaction.
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West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Kevin Jones
Commission
River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council
Wcwrpc
Jones
Regional Planning Commission
Upper Great Lakes
RC&D prioritizes dam, watershed, and flood studies projects
RC&D lists top area priorities including Cameron and Lake Altoona dam restorations, Barron County near Dallas watershed work, River Falls flood-hazard studies, and Spring Valley and Dallas erosion-control plans. At the July RC&D meeting Robert Feldt reported pending funding for Cameron and Altoona dams and for state historic and archeological studies on several project sites. Dallas plans include historic mill restoration, dredging the Dallas flowage, and Pine Creek watershed erosion control as potential efforts.
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River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council
Cameron
Lake Altoona
Dallas
Barron County
Spring Valley
Robert Feldt
Rc&d
Altoona Lake
Pine Creek
The
River Country Rc&d
Farmers Home Administration
Elk Lake
Dunn
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Cameron Dam
Detasselers Injured When Cattle Truck Overturns in Waunakee
A cattle truck carrying nearly 60 teenage detasselers overturned Sunday in Waunakee injuring 47 youths aged 13 to 18 from Kaltenberg Seed Farm. Most suffered cuts and bruises with several breaking bones. none in life-threatening condition per Dane County sheriff and hospital officials.
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Dane County Sheriff’s Department
Kaltenberg
Granton Woman Receives Forestry Award in 1981
Emily Winstead of Granton Rt. 1 has earned the 1981 Clark County forestry management and tree farm award from the Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Wisconsin Tree Farm System for excellence in forest management. She owns 130 acres, with 72 enrolled in Woodland Tax, and over four years DNR staff marked trees for selective cutting harvest totaling about 288 400 board feet, with tops used for firewood.
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Emily Winstead
Rt. 1
Granton
Clark County Forest Management and
Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District
Wisconsin Tree Farm System
Neillsville Dnr
Winstead
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Runaa
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MFG. Coo. Inc
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