Sheboygan County Land and Water Resource Management Plan 2016-2025

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY LAND AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2025 SHEBOYGAN COUNTY PLANNING & CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT ADOPTED NOVEMBER 3, 2015 Sheboygan County Land and Water Resource Management Plan Prepared under the guidance of: The Sheboygan County Planning, Resources, Agriculture and Extension Committee Keith Abler Chair Fran Damp Vice Chair Libby Ogea Secretary James Baumgart Member Edward Procek Member Jim Hanke Member, FSA Prepared by The Sheboygan County Planning & Conservation Department Aaron Brault Director Eric Fehlhaber County Conservationist Chris Ertman Conservation Specialist David Clappes Conservation Specialist Greg Kroeplien Conservation Technician Alayne Bosman Administrative Assistant and The Citizens Advisory Committee Al Bosman, Agricultural Producer Mike Patin, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Mike Ballweg, Crops and Soils Agent, UW-Extension Vic Pappas, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) John Nelson, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Department Mission Statement: Provide sound information and knowledge on environmental issues that affect our community, protecting our county’s natural resources, and, first and foremost, working with the public which we serve in a straightforward, honest approach. 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Legislative Background ............................................................................................................................ 7 Roles ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 DNR Responsibility .............................................................................................................................. 7 DATCP Responsibility ......................................................................................................................... 7 County Responsibility ........................................................................................................................... 8 2016 Update .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1 - Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 9 Purpose of the Plan ................................................................................................................................... 9 Plan Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 9 Performance Standards and Prohibitions .................................................................................................. 9 Performance Standards and Prohibitions Incorporated into County Ordinances .................................... 10 Chapter 2 - County Setting, Topography, Geology, Soils, Soil Erosion, Land Use and Agricultural Trends ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 County Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Topography ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Geology ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Bedrock Geology .................................................................................................................................... 13 Quaternary Geology ................................................................................................................................ 13 Soils ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Soil Erosion ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Land Use ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Agricultural Trends ................................................................................................................................. 21 Chapter 3 - Water Resource Evaluations .................................................................................................... 22 Sheboygan River Watershed ................................................................................................................... 23 North Branch and East-West Branches Milwaukee River Watersheds .................................................. 28 Pigeon River Watershed ......................................................................................................................... 31 Onion River Watershed ........................................................................................................................... 34 Sevenmile-Silver Creek Watershed ........................................................................................................ 37 Mullet River Watershed .......................................................................................................................... 39 Black River Watershed ........................................................................................................................... 41 3 Sauk and Sucker Creeks Watershed ........................................................................................................ 43 Dams in Sheboygan County .................................................................................................................... 45 Groundwater ........................................................................................................................................... 46 Chapter 4 - The Planning Process, Public Participation and Resource Issue Identification and Prioritization ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Chapter 5 - Goals and Objectives ............................................................................................................... 53 Developing the Goals and Objectives ..................................................................................................... 53 Goals and Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 53 Goal #1 - Reduce Soil Erosion and Associated Phosphorus Losses ................................................... 53 Goal #2 - Reduce Animal Waste Runoff and Associated Phosphorus Losses .................................... 54 Goal #3 - Nutrient Management Requirements .................................................................................. 54 Goal #4 – Groundwater Protection ..................................................................................................... 55 Goal #5 - Continue Enforcement of the County’s Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance ........................... 55 Goal #6 - Reduce Sediment and Phosphorous Loadings from Existing Urban and Developing Areas to Surface Waters ................................................................................................................................ 56 Goal #7 - Continue Efforts on Additional Conservation Programming of Local Significance .......... 56 Chapter 6 - Priority Farm Strategy and State Performance Standards and Prohibitions............................. 57 Priority Farm Strategy ............................................................................................................................. 57 State Standards and Prohibitions Encompassed in Plan Goals ............................................................... 57 Goal #1 - Reduce Soil Erosion and Associated Phosphorus Losses ................................................... 57 Compliance Components ........................................................................................................................ 58 Confirmed Sheet, Rill, and Wind Erosion and/or Tillage Setback violations ..................................... 58 Project Participation ............................................................................................................................ 58 303(d) Impaired and ORW/ERW Listed waters ................................................................................. 58 Program Participation ......................................................................................................................... 58 RUSLE II or SNAP PLUS Erosion Evaluation for Sheet, Wind, and Rill Erosion ............................ 58 Erosion Reduction ............................................................................................................................... 59 Goal #2 – Reduce Animal Waste Runoff and Associated Phosphorus Losses ....................................... 59 Manure Storage Facilities Performance Standard NR 151.05 ..........................................................

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