Stearns County 
Soil and Water Conservation District
110 2nd Street South, Suite 128
Waite Park, MN 56387
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Stearns County Comprehensive Local Water Plan

Since 1996, the Stearns County Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan has been adopted as the Stearns County SWCD’s Comprehensive Plan. The Plan assists the Stearns County SWCD prioritize issues, and to focus conservation program implementation to reach the goals identified by the Water Plan Advisory Committee. To view more detailed information concerning water resource issues in Stearns County please download a copy of the update below. If you would like more information about the Local Water Management Plan process, please visit the Stearns County Environmental Services website at http://www.co.stearns.mn.us/Government/CountyDepartments/EnvironmentalServices


  Click to download the 2008 Stearns County Local Water Plan  (Large File 2 MB)  To view these files you will need Acrobat Reader if you do not have it click on the link to download.
 

 

2008 EQIP Local Work Group

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. Through EQIP, landusers may receive financial and technical help with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land.

Click here for additional information concerning the Minnesota 2008 State Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Signup and Application Information.