Land and Water Resource Management Plan 2023 - 2032

• Introductions
  • Cover Page 
  • Table of Contents 
  • Summary 
• Chapters
  • Chapter 1 Introduction and Plan Development Process
  • Chapter 2 Resource Assessment 
  • Chapter 3 Related Plans, Regulations, and Programs 
  • Chapter 4 Goals, Objectives, Monitoring, Evaluation and Estimated Costs 
• Additional Documents
  • Maps 
  • Acronyms
  • Appendix A
    • Letter to Citizen's Advisory Committee Members
  • Appendix B
    • Survey
    • Survey Results
  • Appendix C
    • Conservation Practices Listing 
  • Appendix D
    • Racine County Impaired Waters 2022 
  • Appendix E
    • Public Hearing Notice August 15, 2022 
  • Appendix F
    • August 1, 2022 Agenda - Racine County Land & Water Conservation Committee 

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Land and Water Resource Management Program

• Provides cost-share funding to landowner's for the installation of best management practices.
• Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Chapter 50 (DATCP)

• Ditch Bank Sloping and Seeding

     Before                                                                     After

• Grassed Waterways

    Before                                                                    After

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Farmland Preservation

• Racine County Farmland Preservation Plan (3rd edition - 2024)
  • Chapters 1-3
  • Chapters 4-5
• The loss of productive farms and agricultural resources is of increasing public concern.
• Agriculture is a vital part of Racine County's economic, cultural, and ecological landscape.
• It provides important economic, social, and ecological functions by:
  • Controlling Floodwater
  • Recharging Groundwater Supplies
  • Sustaining Wildlife Habitat
  • Providing Scenic Beauty

Conservation Reserved Enhancement Program (CREP)

• CREP is a resource for those actively working the land to use to help meet their conservation goals, particularly those who currently till or graze land along rivers and streams.
• Landowners install filter strips along waterways or to return continually flooded fields to wetlands while leaving the remainder of the adjacent land in agricultural production.

  Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program (WDACP)

• WI DNR - Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program
• Call 1-800-433-0663 to report crop damage
• WDACP provides assistance and partial compensation to farmers for agricultural damage to the crops.
• Crop damage caused by deer, elk, bear, geese, or wild turkeys can receive assistance for abatement and removal.
• Crop damage must be reported within 14 days of first noticing damage.

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Deer Donation

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Deer Donation Program
• Wisconsin's autumn tradition continues to be an opportunity to help those in need.
• The deer donation program allows hunter's to donate deer to be processed into ground venison.
• Since 2000, over 90,000 deer have been donated to the State and processed into over 3.7 million pounds of ground venison.

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Gypsy Moth Suppression

• Wisconsin Gypsy Moth Program
• Gypsy Moth caterpillars can cause heavy tree deforestation.
• The WI DNR combined with the county and local municipalities, organize aerial insecticide treatments to suppress damaging gypsy moth populations.

Racine County Fair

• Racine County Fairgrounds
• Visit us at the Racine County Fair!  The Land Conservation staff has an exhibit each year at the fair.
  • The display depicts examples of conservation projects installed in Racine County.
  • Staff is available to answer questions about your land and water resource concerns.
  • Environmental education brochures are available for distribution to the public.

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