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Page 1: Water and Land Health 101: Thinking Like A Watershed · Thinking Like A Watershed Rebecca Power University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention

Water and Land Health 101: Thinking Like A WatershedRebecca Power

University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension

Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention 2019

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Connection Theme

Photo: Above Pix, LLC.

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Wisconsin Land and Water: Lenses We Look Through

Photos: Jeff Miller, Andy Manis, Matt Anderson

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“Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.”

Luna Leopold

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Photo: Micha Baker

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Wisconsin Water by the Numbers

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Condition Assessments

Source: Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin Water Quality Reports to Congress, 2016 and 2018.

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Condition Assessements

Source: Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin Water Quality Reports to Congress, 2016 and 2018.

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Water Pollutants and Impairments

Source: Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin Water Quality Report to Congress 2018.

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Water Pollutants and Impairments

Source: Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin Water Quality Report to Congress 2018.

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Groundwater Withdrawals

Source: Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin Water Use: 2017 Withdrawal Summary.

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Photos: Jeff Miller, Andy Manis, Matt Anderson

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Wisconsin Agriculture

´ Wisconsin contributes $88.3 billion annually to our state’s economy.

´ Wisconsin is home to 68,500 farms on 14.3 million acres. Average farm size in Wisconsin = 209 acres.

´ Annually, 413,500 jobs or 11.9% of the state’s employment.

´ Dairy industry contributes $43.4 billion to Wisconsin’s economy each year.

´ Wisconsin exported $3.5 billion of agricultural products in 2017 to 147 countries.

https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Publications/WIAgStatistics.asp

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Loss of Wisconsin Dairy Farms

´ Over 600 farms lost in 2018

´ The most since 2013

Photos: John Oncken, Wisconsin State Farmer

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Wisconsin’s Waters And Our Economy

Photo: Barry Adams, Wisconsin State Journal

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´ Wisconsin consumer spending on outdoor recreation totaled $17.9 billion, resulting in 168,000 jobs, $5.1 billion in wages and salaries, and $1.1 billion in tax revenue.

´ The Wisconsin State Park system draws an est. 14 million visitor-days, resulting in over $1.0 billion in annual expenditures in local communities.

´ $19 million in trip and equipment expenditures associated with waterfowl hunting in Wisconsin.

´ $1.6 billion annual total spending and economic impact generated by trout fishing in the Driftless Area (much of which is in Wisconsin).

Source: Wisconsin DNR. Wisconsin Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) 2019-2023

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Hamers, 2018

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Assessing Watershed Health

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Wisconsin Integrated Assessment of Watershed Health

Source: Wisconsin DNR. Wisconsin Integrated Assessment of Watershed Health, 2014.

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Wisconsin River Total Maximum Daily Load

Source: Wisconsin DNR. https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/TMDLs/WisconsinRiver/

´ “A TMDL establishes the maximum amount of a pollutant allowed in a waterbody and serves as the starting point or planning tool for restoring water quality.” USEPA

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Source: Wisconsin DNR. https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/TMDLs/WisconsinRiver/

Wisconsin River Total Maximum Daily Load

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Wisconsin River TMDL

Source: TMDL for Total Phosphorus in the Wisconsin River Basin.

Total P Load Delivered by Major Tributary Watersheds

Sources of Total P Load

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Point Sources

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Nonpoint - Urban Stormwater

Photos: UW-Madison and City of Madison

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Nonpoint - Agriculture

Photo: UW-Extension

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Headwaters Cedar CreekWatershed Plan 2016, Iowa Soybean Association

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Successful Watershed Management

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Successful Watershed Management

Successful watershed management: a system that achieves water-related environmental, social, and economic goals in a designated time frame, with the goals and the time frame agreed upon by a representative group of stakeholders.

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Gillon, Booth, and Rissman 2015Photo: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

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Photo: Rock River Coalition

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Social Change: Water is a Networked Issue

Zeitoun, 2011

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Social Change: Government vs Governance

WaterNGOs

State Govts

Federal Govt

Local Govts

Professional Societies

Property Owners

Universities

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Necessary Elements for Successful Watershed Management

Human capital

Social capital

Policy framework

Finance framework

https://northcentralwater.org/getting-to-scale/

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Some Wisconsin ResourcesPLACES TO START . . .

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Local Watershed Organizations

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County Land and Water Departments and Municipal Stormwater Managers

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State Non-Governmental Organizations

https://www.wisconsinrivers.org/https://wisconsinlandwater.org/ https://www.gatheringwaters.org/

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University Extension

https://extension.wisc.edu/natural-resources/ https://northcentralwater.org/

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State Agencies

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/watersheds/ https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/LWCOverview.aspx

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Federal Agencies – USEPA, NRCS, USGS

https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/water-topics

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/wi/home/

https://www.usgs.gov/science/regions/midwest/wisconsin

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“To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering”

Aldo Leopold

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Rebecca [email protected]

THANK YOU!


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