Innovative Waste Storage Facility Improves Chicken Farm, Protects Waters
In 2016, local chicken farmer Nick Gamroth reached out to Trempealeau County Department of Land Management (DLM) with a problem. With a lack of cropland to spread manure and having to rely on other farmers to take his manure as the barn was cleaned out, he faced a problem – what to do with two barns worth of chicken litter.
Monroe County Manure Runoff is Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
At some point in your career, you might have to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Monroe County Conservationist Bob Micheel never guessed he would come so close to the literal interpretation of that phrase.
Streambank Restoration in the Driftless Region
Large amounts of soil were lost from this eroding streambank in Vernon County. County conservation staff helped this farmer maintain his farm field by implementing a streambank restoration and cattle crossing project.
President: Ben Wojahn, Vernon County LWCD
Vice President: Mary Henry, Vernon County LCC
Treasurer: Tracy Antonneau, Monroe County LCD
Secretary/Area Coordinator: Gaylord Olson II, Jackson County LCD
No meeting minutes for 2023.
Bob Micheel, Monroe County LCD
Mary Henry, Vernon County LCC
Alternates:
Gaylord Olson II, Jackson County LCD
Richard Kilmer, Juneau County LCC
Upcoming Meeting
- June 18, 2024
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