The County Land & Water Conservation Departments are committed to reducing nutrient and sediment pollution that enters the Winnebago Lakes. The counties are making measurable progress with their own initiatives as well as multi-partner projects. We will be periodically featuring the counties to showcase their hard work.
This month we are highlighting the Fond du Lac County Land & Water Conservation Department. The department is led by Paul Tollard, County Conservationist, and is supported by several amazing staff. In addition to making progress on the “Pipe Farmers: Manage Nutrients, Improve Soil and Protect Water” in partnership with Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, FDL County has several noteworthy accomplishments to share from 2020.
A handful of their projects completed in and around Lake Winnebago are shown below:
Fond du Lac County was also recently awarded a large scale TRM grant. CLICK HERE to read more about the grant and project.
You can stay up to date with the work of Fond du Lac County’s LWCD by following them on social media:
Pipe Creek Watershed- Streambank Restoration and Harvestable Buffer Project – 2020
Pipe Creek Watershed – Stream Restoration and Wetland Scrape with Harvestable Buffer -2020
Pipe Creek Watershed – Streambank Restoration and Water and Sediment Control Structure – 2020
Taycheedah Creek Watershed / East Shore Lake Winnebago – Water Diversion Project – 2020
This project was a diversion in a crop field to prevent erosion gully erosion
Taycheedah Creek Watershed – Streambank Restoration – 2020
This was a stream restoration project that was done in collaboration with the Fond du Lac Chapter of the Izaac Walton League on their grounds.
Questions? Contact:
Paul Tollard, Fond du Lac County Conservationist
Land & Water Conservation Department
(920) 906-4672
paul.tollard@fdlco.wi.gov
