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Upper Reach Spring River 319 Project
The Lawrence County, Missouri, portion of the Upper Spring River Hydrologic unit is approximately 271,000 acres. The project area measures 130,598 acres and is composed of four, fourteen digit hydrologic units, and includes a small area in Barry County, Missouri. It is primarily agricultural with the dominant land use being pasture. Approximately 30 percent is forested. The watershed has a high density of poultry and cattle. Lawrence County ranks first in number of cattle in Missouri. Major tributaries in the Lawrence County portion of the Upper Spring River include upper reaches of the Upper White Oak Creek, Stahl Creek, Truitt Creek, Williams Creek, Honey creek, and Upper Center Creek. The cities of Aurora, Freistatt, Marionville, Miller, Mount Vernon, Stotts City, and Verona, Missouri are located in the basin.
There are 45 known dairy farms and 22 poultry facilities in the project area. The animal waste from these facilities poses a threat to the areas water resources, through runoff and through direct access by cattle to the streams.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A nutrient management specialist will be hired as the project manager to develop a formal nutrient management school curriculum. This curriculum will be implemented to educate producers in the project area. Area producers will also be involved in restoration projects for riparian buffers and wetlands, and will be educated on evaluating the condition of their streams. Financial assistance will be provided to the participants in the restoration activities and for those that construct animal waste facilities. Stream teams will collect data in selected locations during the project period. Field days and tours will demonstrate the best management practices used by the landowners that participate in this project.
OBJECTIVES
1. To develop and apply sound comprehensive nutrient management plans for livestock feeding operations in the project area.
2. To provide for restoration of riparian corridor.
3. To provide for restoration of wetlands.
4. To increase awareness and educate landowners and producers about ways to reduce nonpoint sources of pollution from entering the creeks and streams, through the use of best management practices.
PRODUCTS
A Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for testing and monitoring activities, three nutrient management schools, two new Stream Teams, 5 producers trained in the use of Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (SVAP), restoration of 25 acres of wetland, protection of 20 miles of riparian corridor, development and follow-up on 50 comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMP) for producers, construction of 6 dairy waste management facilities and 10 poultry waste management facilities, 2 tours and 3 field days.
PROJECT SPONSOR
Lawrence County SWCD
COOPERATING AGENCY
EPA/DNR
CONTACT
Lawrence County SWCD
10733 Highway 39
Mt. Vernon, MO 65712
Paula Champion
telephone: 417-466-7682
email: lcswcd@sosnet.com
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