NEEDS

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NEEDS
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How might we set a target load limit for P and SS
which will protect the integrity of receiving
waters?
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How close are we to that target?

• Predicted change in chlorophyll a and percent
  blue-green algae for incremental reductions in P

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How close are we to that target?
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Monitoring is ABSOLUTELY essential to assess
progress and effectiveness of management!
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Monitoring on different scales will identify
critical source areas basin-wide and within
individual watersheds.
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Flows and loads calculated by Dale Robertson
(USGS)
Flow at Main Branch Sites
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Loads at Main Branch Sites
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Yields at Main Branch Sites
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Some conclusions from data set

• 55 of phosphorus load at the mouth of the lower
  Fox originates in the upper Fox and Wolf
  sub-basins.
• Of the 275 m.t. of P from the upper Fox and Wolf,
  point sources account for 32 m.t. or about 12 of
  the total.
• The Wolf at New London contributes 26 m.t. more
  phosphorus (23) than the upper Fox at Berlin.

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Some conclusions from data set

• 23 of the phosphorus load to Green Bay comes
  from the segment between Wrightstown and the
  mouth of the Fox, which constitutes 3.4 of the
  land areas of the entire Fox/Wolf basin.
• 47 of the total suspended solid load at the
  mouth of the river comes from the segment between
  Wrightstown and the mouth. 36 of the total is
  added between DePere and the mouth.

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Begin to consider cost effectiveness in reducing
loads at least cost assume 50 reduction

• Urban vs. Rural?

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Point Sources
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Where will reductions come from?
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Where will reductions come from?
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Where will reductions come from?
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Smaller-scale monitoring to identify sources with
greater confidence
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Cooperative 1.5 million program involving

• 4 High Schools
• University of Wisconsin Green Bay
• University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Green Bay Metropolitan Sewage District
• Funded by Arjo Wiggins

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Institutional Needs

• Identify mission, responsibilities, and authority
  of existing conservation programs.
• Conduct unified assessment of soil and water
  conservation achievements.
• Conduct analysis of base funding shortfall.
• Consider significant institutional changes to
  address changing environmental conditions.
• Inform legislature.
• (Source Memorandum from Bill Elman to LWCB and
  Advisors, July 29, 2003.)

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OPPORTUNITIES
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New Tools

• Modeling

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New Tools

• Satellite Imagery

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New Tools

• GIS and Integration

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New Tools

• Integrated Planning

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Other Opportunities

• Improve Cooperation among existing agencies,
  institutions, and organizations.
• Encourage watershed ownership by citizens.
• Revitalize Aldo Leopolds Land Ethic

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Conclusion

• Conservation is getting nowhere because it is
  incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land.
  We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity
  belonging to us. When we see land as a community
  to which we belong, we may begin to use it with
  love and respect. There is no other way for land
  to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for
  us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is
  capable under science of contributing to
  culture.
• Aldo Leopold, forward to A Sand County Almanac