Section 50.10. County program;general.

 

(1)   Program elements. Every county land conservation committee shall establish and maintain a county soil and water conservation program. The program shall include all of the following elements:

(a) A county land and water resource management plan under s. ATCP 50.12 , and a program to implement that plan.

(b) A program to implement soil and water conservation standards.

(c) A program to prepare and submit annual reports under s. ATCP 50.18 and annual grant applications under s. ATCP 50.20 .

(d) A program to receive, distribute, and account for soil and water resource management grants under this chapter.

(e) A procedure to ensure that conservation practices funded under this chapter are designed and installed according to this chapter.

(f) An accounting and recordkeeping system under s. ATCP 50.22 .

(g) An information and education program to promote effective soil and water resource management.

(h) Other program elements, if any, required under this chapter.

(2)   Coordination. A county land conservation committee shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate the program elements under sub. (1) with each other and with all of the following:

(a) The county's land information and modernization program under ss. 16.967 and 59.72 (3) , Stats.

(b) The related activities of NRCS, state agencies. and other governmental entities in that county.

CR 01-090 : cr. Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016 : am. (1) (b) Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14.

Note

A county's land and water resource management plan under s. ATCP 50.12 should identify the county's strategy to implement the farm conservation practices required under s. ATCP 50.04 . Under s. ATCP 50.16 , a county is required to monitor and ensure compliance with conservation standards for lands covered by the farmland preservation program under ch. 91 , Stats. See s. ATCP 50.14 and subch. VII related to county ordinances. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1