INVITATION TO BID

 

The Richland County Land Conservation Committee will be accepting bids for repairing a grade stabilization structure on Ash Creek Community Forest.

Interested persons are invited to review the construction plans on file at the Land Conservation Office at 26136 Executive Ln, Richland Center, WI 53581.  If there are any questions, call the Land Conservation Department at 608-647-2100.  Sealed bids will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. May 10, 2019.  The bid should be enclosed in an envelope clearly marked Streambank bid. Proof of worker’s compensation and proof of insurance will need to be included with the bid.

The Richland County Land Conservation Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids or to accept the bid deemed most advantageous to the county.

Richland County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Private well testing

 

We are out of Test kits, please contact the office to be added to the list for a possible additional round.

 

tests for drinking water  from private wells

 

Wisconsin DNR website has a lot of information about wells and water testing:

 

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wells/privatewelltest.html

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wells/homeowners.html

https://dnr.wi.gov/files/pdf/pubs/dg/dg0023.pdf   understanding tests

 

UW-Steven’s Point CENTRAL WISCONSIN GROUNDWATER CENTER: very good information on water testing and private wells

 

https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/watershed/Pages/GWWell.aspx

 

Interactive website done by UW-Steven’s Point, very good basic information about ground water and wells.

 

https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/watershed/Documents/wiwellwater101_ver2.pdf

 

UW-Steven’s Point-other educational presentations on ground and surface water:

 

https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/watershed/Pages/presentations.aspx

US Geographical Survey has a great document specific to Richland County “Protecting Wisconsin’s Groundwater Through Comprehensive Planning”:

https://wi.water.usgs.gov/gwcomp/find/richland/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

SWVT will be holding a class for Nutrient Management Planning for farmers to do their own plans.  Classes will be held at the Richland Center out-reach site on March 1st thru the Fridays in March & April 5th. Contact Ed Ruff at 563-880-9324 for more information or to register for the class.

 

 

 

 

Land and Water Resource Management Plan

We have cost sharing available for those who need to come into compliance with the NR 151 rules.  Contact the Land Conservation Office at 608-647-2100 for more information.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Dayton, Southwest Badger Stewardship Forester at (608) 637 – 5479 or pdayton@vernoncounty.org

The NEW Southwest Wisconsin Invasive Species Coalition: Battling Invasives

A new chapter has begun on exotic invasive species management in Southwest Wisconsin. SWISC (Southwest Wisconsin Invasive Species Coalition) was recently formed from a group of agencies, organizations, and individuals to combat the negative effects of non-native organisms that have been brought here and are causing damage to the ecology and economy of the region. Once exotic invasive species take hold in an area (often brought here by humans) they explode in their population due to biological capabilities and lack of natural controls. They cause harm to the ecology and economy by displacing native species (plants, animals, fungi, etc) that have vital roles in the appropriate working web of life that we have come to exist in. Species such as garlic mustard, buckthorn, zebra mussel, emerald ash borer, etc have all been in the news for a while and have all had negative economic effects to our region. [Read more…]

Image of the plant species.

For more information – http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/printree.shtml

This is an invasive species that should not  be purchased or planted.