Land & Water Resource Management Plan 2020 - 2029 La Crosse County Land and Water Resource Management Plan 2020-2029 Acknowledgements Prepared and Implemented by the La Crosse Department of Land Conservation: Gregg Stangl, Land Conservation Director Sue Sheehan, Land Conservation Technician Matt Hanewall, Agronomy Conservation Specialist Bruce Olson, Engineering Conservation Specialist Kurt Pederson, GIS Conservation Specialist Jake Schweitzer, Urban Conservation Specialist Rob Hemling, Agriculture Conservation Specialist Local Advisory Committee Members: Gregg Stangl, Director, Department of Land Conservation Cindy Koperski, DNR, Program & Planning Analyst Kaitlyn Lance, UWEXT, Agricultural Agent Michelle Komiskey, NRCS, District Conservationist Jacob Schweitzer, Conservation Specialist Nathan Sampson, Director, Land Use and Zoning Karl Green, CNRED Agent, UWEX, Kevin Schilling, Forester, DNR Rob Hemling, Conservation Specialist, Department of Land Conservation Stephanie McCarthy-Wondercheck, Acting CED, Farm Service Agency Planning Resource and Development Committee: Rick Cornforth, Chair Patrick Scheller, Vice Chair Dan Hesse Jerome Gundersen Kevin Hoyer Karen Keil-Arellano Robert Sandman, FSA LAND AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2020-2029 LA CROSSE COUNTY WISCONSIN TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION __________________________________________________________ 1 BACKGROUND ___________________________________________________________________________1 PLAN DEVELOPMENT _____________________________________________________________________1 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ___________________________________________________________________3 PUBLIC INPUT ___________________________________________________________________________3 PLAN OVERSIGHT ________________________________________________________________________3 Plan Revisions ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Plan Implementation ______________________________________________________________________________ 4 PROGRAM OF WORK _____________________________________________________________________4 Urban __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Rural ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 ESTIMATED PROGRAM COSTS ______________________________________________________________7 Chapter 2: 2012-2019 PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS ________________________________________ 1 Chapter 3: WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT ______________________________________________ 1 BASINS _________________________________________________________________________________1 WATERSHEDS ___________________________________________________________________________2 La Crosse County Watershed Assessments ____________________________________________________2 Adams Valley Creek _______________________________________________________________________________ 2 Bell Coulee Creek (Creek 25-8) ______________________________________________________________________ 3 Berge Coulee Creek _______________________________________________________________________________ 3 Big Creek ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Black River ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Bostwick Creek ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Burns Creek _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Coon Creek (Bohemian Valley Creek) _________________________________________________________________ 4 Creamery Creek (Severson Coulee, Creek 20-1) _________________________________________________________ 5 Davis Creek ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Dutch Creek _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Eggens Coulee Creek ______________________________________________________________________________ 5 Fish Creek _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Fishback Creek ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Fleming Creek ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Garbers Coulee Creek (Creek 28-7) __________________________________________________________________ 6 Gavin Coulee Creek (Creek 18-15) ____________________________________________________________________ 6 Gills Coulee Creek ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Halfway Creek ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Hoyer Valley Creek (Creek 23-7) _____________________________________________________________________ 8 Johns Coulee Creek (Creek 20-6) _____________________________________________________________________ 8 Johnson Coulee Creek _____________________________________________________________________________ 8 La Crosse River ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Lake Neshonoc ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Lake Onalaska ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Larson Coulee Creek ______________________________________________________________________________ 9 Little Burns Creek _________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Table of Contents - page 1 Long Coulee Creek ________________________________________________________________________________ 9 McKinley Coulee Creek (Creek 23-12) _________________________________________________________________ 9 Mississippi River __________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Mormon Coulee Creek ____________________________________________________________________________ 10 Neshonoc Creek _________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Pammel Creek __________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Pinkish Coulee Creek (Creek 27-3) __________________________________________________________________ 11 Pleasant Valley Creek (Creek 18-2) __________________________________________________________________ 11 Poplar Creek ____________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Sand Creek _____________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Sand Lake Coulee Creek ___________________________________________________________________________ 12 Smith Valley Creek _______________________________________________________________________________ 12 Sour Creek _____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Spring Coulee Creek ______________________________________________________________________________ 12 St. Joseph Coulee Creek (Creek 26-15) _______________________________________________________________ 12 Tollefson Coulee Creek (Creek 28-16) _______________________________________________________________ 12 Wet Coulee Creek (Creek 26-1) _____________________________________________________________________ 13 Water Quality Designations ______________________________________________________________ 13 WATER QUALITY MONITORING ___________________________________________________________ 15 Monitoring Station _______________________________________________________________________________ 15 Baseflow Stream Monitoring _______________________________________________________________________ 16 WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE – OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES, DATES, COSTS ________________ 19 WATER QUALITY GOALS _________________________________________________________________ 20 GROUNDWATER _______________________________________________________________________ 20 TOPOGRAPHY, LAND USE, SOIL EROSION CONDITIONS ________________________________________ 22 General ________________________________________________________________________________________ 22 Geology / Soils __________________________________________________________________________________ 23 Land Use / Agriculture ____________________________________________________________________________ 24 Woodland ______________________________________________________________________________________ 26 Soil Erosion Conditions ___________________________________________________________________________ 26 Chapter 4: AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS __________________________________ 1 STATE AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NR 151 ______________________________________1 ATCP 51 ________________________________________________________________________________2 COUNTY ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO REGULATION, CHAPTER 23 ______________________________________2 PERMITS ________________________________________________________________________________2 ENFORCEMENT __________________________________________________________________________3 Chapter 23 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 ATCP 51 / Conditional Use Permits ___________________________________________________________________ 3 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________3 Best Management Practices ________________________________________________________________________ 3 Manure Storage __________________________________________________________________________________