 Mission
This project would improve water quality in the Upper Big Sioux River watershed, including Lakes Kampeska and Pelican, by offering financial and technical assistance as well as information and education to help control erosion and excessive fertilizer runoff: in cropland through grassed waterways and manure application management; to improve pastureland conditions, distance livestock and livestock waste from the river and its tributaries, through grazing management, small ponds and dugouts, streambank and shoreline stabilization, and animal nutrient management systems.
History
Several water quality studies have been completed for Lakes Kampeska and Pelican and the Upper Big Sioux River Watershed Project. Lake assessment studies were completed during January 1994 for Lake Kampeska and April 1995 for Pelican Lake. These studies resulted in a Total Maximum Daily Load being developed. These studies have suggested alternatives and identified problem areas that treatment with Best Management Practices (BMPs) will result in a computed percentage reduction of the identified problems. The major pollutants identified in the studies were phosphorus and sediment. The Big Sioux River was identified as the major nutrient and sediment source of both problems. Based on additional information, the “Upper Big Sioux River/River Basin Study/Final Report” (NRCS 2000), the TMDL for Lake Kampeska will be re-evaluated. The Upper Big Sioux River is on the 303(d) list of impaired waters and a TMDL has been developed.
Best Management Practices
The watershed project is designed to reduce the nutrient and sediment loads entering the lakes and to implement a pollution prevention program. The project long-term goal is 20 years. Information and Education Outreach is one of the vital tools used to accomplish the goals. Contact the project office for educational opportunities.
Practice / Current Grant Goals / 20-year Goals:
GRANT #5 GOALS
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PROJECT GOALS |
| Animal Waste Management Systems |
12 Systems |
39 Systems |
| Filter Strip Acres |
640 Acres |
800 Acres |
| Grassed Waterway Linear Feet |
8,400 Feet |
84,309 Feet |
| Manure Application Management |
7 Units |
24 Units |
| Hard Shoreline Stabilization Linear Feet |
844 Feet |
17,232 Feet |
| Small Dams/Ponds |
30 Units |
380 Units |
| Streambanks Stabilization Linear Feet |
500 Feet |
4,696 Feet |
| Water Monitoring |
68 Tests |
141 Tests |
Grants and Funding Totals
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Project Title |
Grant Period |
EPA Grant Amount |
Other Funds |
Total |
| Lake Kampeska Watershed |
1994 - 1999 |
$250,000 |
$750,058 |
$1,000,058 |
| Upper Big Sioux Watershed |
1996 - 2002 |
$660,000 |
$1,105,600 |
$1,765,600 |
| Upper Big Sioux Watershed |
2001 - 2005 |
$1,000,000 |
$914,136 |
$1,914,136 |
| Upper Big Sioux Watershed |
2005 - 2008 |
$570,000 |
$834,846 |
$1,404,846 |
| Upper Big Sioux Watershed |
2008 - 2010 |
$970,000 |
$1,165,202 |
$2,159,202 |
| Total |
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$3,030,000 |
$4,769,842 |
$8,243,842 |
BMPs completed 1994 through September 2009
- 36 Animal Nutrient Management Systems
- 4,676 Crop Residue Management Acres
- 180 Filter strip acres
- 3,670 Grazing Management acres
- 75,909 linear feet Grassed Waterways
- 2 Riparian Demonstration Sites
- 18,937 feet of Shoreline Stabilization
- 360 Small Dams/dugouts
- 4,196 feet of streambank stabilization
- 183 acres of wetland enhancement
- 98 water monitoring samples
Upper Big Sioux Advisory Board
- Officers:
- Chairman: Jack Little
- Vice-Chairman: Jeff Deville
- Secretary: Jim Madsen
- Membership:
- Watertown City Council
- Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Nation
- Codington County Commissioners
- Codington Conservation District
- Grant Conservation District
- Lake Kampeska Water Project District
- Kampeska Chapter Izaak Walton League
- Dexter Township
- Lake Township
- Lake Pelican Preservation Society
- Richland Township
- Technical Advisors:
- East Dakota Water Development District
- SD Dept of Agriculture
- SD Department of Environment & Natural Resources
- SD Department of Game, Fish & Parks
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Codington conservation District
- Monthly Meetings: Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm, at the office (Redlin Environmental Center) (Call 882-5250 for confirmation)
FUNDING/IN KIND MATCH SOURCES
- EPA
- City of Watertown
- Watertown Municipal Utilities
- US Fish & Wildlife
- SD Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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USDA
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Landowners
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