Pilot program set to equip stewards of land, water in St. Croix River region


Pilot program set to equip stewards of land, water in St. Croix River region


Dra­mat­i­cally in­creas­ing en­vi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship ethics and ac­tiv­i­ties through­out the St. Croix River wa­ter­shed is the goal of the new St. Croix Master Water­shed Ste­wards pi­lot pro­gram — the first ef­fort of its kind in Wis­con­sin.

“For this wa­ter­shed to be sus­tain­able and our wa­ter­ways to re­main safe for drink­ing, recre­ation and sup­port­ing habi­tat, it will take more hu­man re­sources than can be sup­ported by the agen­cies and mu­nic­i­pal­i­ties with pro­fes­sional staff,” said project li­ai­son Danette Olsen. “We need a stew­ard­ship ethic for the 21st cen­tury and be­yond to en­sure clean, safe wa­ter for gen­er­a­tions to come.”

The St. Croix Master Water­shed Ste­wards pi­lot pro­gram is based on a recog­ni­tion that a wa­ter­shed-wide re­sponse is needed for the health of the Lower St. Croix River, which, be­cause of its phos­pho­rus con­tent, was de­clared an im­paired wa­ter body in 2008 by the En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency....

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