Photo’s and Description of Current Projects and Events below…
Bruce Billmeyer Project…
Dairy Operation – Concrete stacking slab to collect manure and run-off from youngstock operation. Receiving water is a wetland which feeds Arramba Creek.
   
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Gerard Girtz Project…
Concrete manure stacking slab. Provide storage for manure from boiler barn during times when manure cannot be spread and incorporated.
 
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| Jason Walcheski Project… Dairy Operation – Earthen manure storage with clay-max liner. Concrete stacking slab to store youngstock manure. Grass filterstrip to treat run-off water from feedlot. Receiving water is a drainage ditch connected to Little Rock Creek. (Photo’s coming soon…) | Gerald Waldoch Project… Dairy Operation – A below ground Ag Waste Storage Basin. Concrete Floor. Collect run-off from feedlots. The receiving water is a drainage ditch connected to the Swan River. (Photo’s coming soon…) |
| Mark Krinke Project… Mississippi Buffer Initiative – Planted over 600 native plants. A 25 foot buffer will be in place. No further mowing will be done adjacent to the river. Area was covered with weed barrier fabric and covered with wood chip mulch. Students from local Little Falls High School planted the native plants and added more mulch. (Photo’s coming soon……) |
Richard O’Hotto Project… (scheduled to start Spring 2012) Dairy Operation – Below ground earthen basin with clay-max liner. Feedlot run-off will be collected and stored in the basin as well as manure from dairy barn. Keeping feedlot run-off from entering an intermittent stream. (Photo’s coming in the Spring…) |
| The following photo’s are examples of common conservation practices in Morrison County including terraces, water and sediment control basins, grassed waterways, Ag waste storage structures and wind- breaks. Other management practices are conserva- tion tillage and no-till planting, nutrient management, irrigation water management and prescribed grazing. |
 No Till Project |
 Schilling Project – Dams In Rows |
 Prescribed Grazing |
 Terraces |
 Feedlot Run Off |
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CAMP RIPLEY PRESENTS PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD TO LAND USAGE EXPERT CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – The Commander’s Award for Public Service was presented to a Morrison Soil and Water Conservation District employee during the Army Compatible Use Buffer meeting at Camp Ripley, MN, August 24, 2011. Helen Mclennan, district manager for Morrison Soil and Water Conservation District, was presented with the award during the meeting. “Helen has played an instrumental role in the implementation of our Army Compatible Use Buffer program,” said Jay Brezinka, Camp Ripley environmental supervisor. “Ideas are great but implementation is key. We found the key and the key in Helen Mclennan.” Mclennan began working with the Camp Ripley team in 2005. “She has developed great relationships with the landowners, is always honest with everyone and has a ‘can do’ attitude,” said Brezinka. “Most importantly landowners trust her.” Mclennan has been successful in implementing their portion of the program on Camp Ripley’s behalf and has worked over 70 parcel commitments, more than 10,000 acres. The Commander’s Award for Public Service is the fourth highest award the Army can bestow upon a civilian. It can only be given by a Commanding Officer in the rank of Colonel or higher. The Army Compatible Use Buffer program itself is a joint effort between the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Board of Water and Soil Resources. The program inevitably benefits Camp Ripley, but the DNR and BWSR function as an implementer and work with the land owners to place an easement on the property or in very limited amounts purchase the land out right. “The intent of the program is to protect Camp Ripley from encroachment,” said Minnesota Army National Guard Lt. Col. Todd Kubista, Camp Ripley deputy post commander. “It aids us in completing our mission of providing the resources for training and maintaining our positive community relations.”
Jay Brezinka, Camp Ripley environmental supervisor, and Minnesota Army National Guard Lt. Col. Todd Kubista, Camp Ripley deputy post commander, present the Commander’s Award for Public Service presented to Helen Mclennan Aug. 24 during the Army Compatible Use Buffer meeting at Camp Ripley. Mclennan, of Little Falls, is the district manager for Morrison Soil and Water Conservation District and has played a vital role in the implementation of the ACUB program for Camp Ripley. (Minnesota National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Kenneth R.