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Future Program Needs in Addressing
Agricultural Sediment, Nutrient and
Chemical Management Issues *


PracticeEstimated
Units Needed
Estimated Cost
to Install
Reference
Filter Strips Along
all Sides of Tributaries
25 Foot Strip = 1100 Acres
50 Foot Strip = 2200 Acres
$65 to $85/Acre - Grass
$250 to $350/Acre - Trees
LINK
Riparian Corridor
Management Plans
22,000 Acres
of Planning
Cost of Staff
Personnel
LINK
Target HEL Land for
Conservation Plan
13,285 AcresCost of Staff
Personnel
LINK
Alternatives for
CRP Ground
Maintain Current Contracts
and Target 1,000 Foot
Corridor of Tributaries
$60 to $80/AcreLINK
Utilization of
Dredge Material
N/ACost of Staff Personnel
and Marketing
LINK
Sediment Basin/
Wetlands on Tributaries
6 to 10 Basins
Site Inventory Needed
$50,000 to
$75,000 per Basin
LINK
Chemical Pads and
Loading Systems
5 Agricultural Businesses
30 Agricultural Producers
$25,000+ Per Unit
$15,000 to
$20,000 Per Unit
LINK
Develop Flood Plain &
Flood Control Programs
As NeededCost of Staff
Personnel & Cost
of Structures
LINK
Expanding the IPM and
ICM Programs
All Land in the Watershed
Within the 1,000 Foot
Corridor-38,000 Acres
Cost of Staff
Personnel & Cost
of Structures
LINK
Develop Animal Waste
Issue Programs
15 Animal Waste-Storage-
Management-Application
Systems
Cost of Staff
Personnel & Cost
of Structures
LINK

* Identified from public data gathering process. The order of the topics were then prioritized in order of importance through four public meetings or lake area organization meetings. The Indian Lake Watershed Joint Board and Project Team also discussed and prioritized this list



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