Beginning in the early 1990s, the four townships adjoining the City participated with River Falls in the development of the Kinnickinnic River Watershed Planning process referred to as the “205j Plan.” Similarly, the townships were at the table when the state-funded Priority Watershed Plan for the Kinnickinnic River was developed in 1998. The townships and counties will continue to play an important role in the future health of the river that comes to and through the City. Private groups like the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust will also play a significant role.
What is being done to ensure that the townships in the upper watershed are establishing regulations to address stormwater storage and infiltration and to control agricultural erosion using buffers, in an effort to reduce sediment coming down the upper Kin
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- How would the water be released into the stream as the dams are removed?
- There is a floating monitoring station on Lake George. What is it monitoring?
- If the dams were to be removed, how high will the new falls be?
- What is being done to ensure that the townships in the upper watershed are establishing regulations to address stormwater storage and infiltration and to control agricultural erosion using buffers, in an effort to reduce sediment coming down the upper Kin
- Upstream of River Falls, what will prevent agricultural runoff from contributing sediment and nutrients Lake George?
- Will utility crossings be affected by dam removal?
- Will the wastewater treatment plant outlet be affected?
