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Technical Committee Recommendations Critical Issues: Land use in the watershed is 75% cropland, and watershed restoration measures should be compatible with agriculture. Landowners in the watershed want to improve environmental conditions as long as they maintain their economic viability. Landowners in the watershed are concerned with effects they have on wildlife resources. In the past, management of the Kaskaskia River Basin has been a piecemeal effort with little coordination or communication between stakeholders from the river’s mouth (Ellis Grove) to its headwaters (Champaign). In order to address individual landowner problems, a comprehensive plan for the entire watershed will need to be implemented. A comprehensive watershed plan will need cooperation from all stakeholders to be effective. Treatment efforts for soil erosion, water quality and wildlife habitat need to be focused on the streams that have the most critical impact on the lake (streams that enter directly into Carlyle Lake). East Fork Kaskaskia, Hurricane Creek, Robinson Creek and the Kaskaskia River itself contribute the largest amounts of sediment to Carlyle Lake. Priority sub-watershed areas should be established (such as: Kaskaskia River, East Fork Kaskaskia, North Fork Kaskaskia, Brewsters Creek, Gibbs Creek, Coles Creek, and Allen Branch) for targeting conservation treatment. Urban development within the watershed needs to address soil erosion and water quality issues. Construction sites, whether urban or rural, should be protected from excessive erosion and runoff during development periods. Water level management in Carlyle Lake and Lake Shelbyville critically impacts both farming and recreational use of these facilities. Education is a key component in the decision making process for implementing conservation treatment in rural and urban/community areas. University Extension should be fully engaged to provide educational assistance. Solutions are designed to improve the conditions of the resources within the watershed area that the stakeholders are concerned with and fall into four categories: A. Reduce soil erosion and improve water quality. B. Improve fish and wildlife habitat – forest, wetland, prairie and aquatic. C. Improve the recreational opportunities on the lake and throughout the watershed. D. Improve water management within the watershed. - Marvin Brown, NRCS 60
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION ITEMS IMPLEMENTATION Soil Erosion and Water Quality: 1. High - Increase the use of no-till farming on cropland in the watershed by 10% per year each year for ten years. (Double use of no-till in ten years) ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ 75% of HEL ground to be no-tilled (OR 100% of HEL ground and 25% of NHEL) Initiate recommendation to USDA Secretary of Agriculture that states “in order for producers and landowners to continue to receive what has been received, they must attend a ‘whole farm-planning workshop’.” Use industry, state and federal funding to put a dollar incentive on each acre within the watershed that utilizes “whole farm planning”. Get chemical reps together to brainstorm ideas to increase no-till. Encourage CREP in the Carlyle Lake Watershed area. Hire a no-till educator. Apply through EQIP for educational funding. 2. High - Increase construction of water and sediment detention basins, seasonal wetlands and ponds, throughout the watershed, targeting critical eroding subwatersheds. ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ Use total acre-feet for storage on easements within the watershed. Hold water for 24 hours only. How? Approve this type of project and FUND it (on an acre feet of storage basis). Increase awareness in the watershed. Make recommendation to IDNR C-2000 that ponds be included as an acceptable grant application. Increase acre-feet of storage to 50,000 (over 15 years) using ponds and water and sediment control basins (WASCOB’s). 10,000 acre-feet of storage in first 5 years. 3. High - Increase implementation of CRP waterways, filterstrips and buffer strips throughout the watershed to reduce gully and streambank erosion. ∗ ∗ ∗ Have Best Management Practice Contact (instead of just no-till educator). Hire enough Soil Conservationists to do nothing but whole farm planning. Must have funding to back up plan. Let producers and landowners know “We have ‘X’ amount of dollars waiting to be wired to your bank account. Please come into the NRCS office to discuss these issues…” 4. High - Reduce ephemeral and gully erosion 10% per year for 10 years. ∗ ∗ Establish watershed office to identify ephemeral and gully erosion. Go after funding through C-2000 for waterways, etc. Allow landowners to install projects on their own – if technical assistance is overwhelmed by need. 5. High - Reduce the amount of sheet and rill erosion to tolerable soil loss limit per year. ∗ Encourage implementation of no-till and CRP/CPP programs andprojects. 61
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Table of Contents Carlyle Lake Wate
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PLAN OVERVIEW The Carlyle Lake Wate
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Kaskaskia Stream Channel Elevations
Page 8 and 9: WATERSHED CONCERNS The Carlyle Lake
Page 10 and 11: WATERSHED DESCRIPTION The Carlyle L
Page 12 and 13: Corn and soybeans are the dominant
Page 14 and 15: generally is high in clay and has a
Page 16 and 17: CLIMATE In winter, the average temp
Page 18 and 19: Also at Hazlet are the historical p
Page 20 and 21: Management anticipates growth at 40
Page 22 and 23: ‣ GENERAL DEAN BRIDGE RECREATION
Page 24: Future Direction and Critical Needs
Page 28 and 29: At the present time out-of-town vis
Page 30 and 31: SOURCE DOCUMENTS: Lake Shelbyville
Page 34 and 35: WATERSHED CONCERNS Soil and Water Q
Page 36: Recreation Issues Enhance recreatio
Page 40 and 41: Over time, municipal and industrial
Page 42 and 43: Another 11% of the cropland in the
Page 44: The Illinois Environmental Protecti
Page 48 and 49: Socio-economic benefits of forested
Page 50 and 51: STATE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPE
Page 52 and 53: Among the twelve tributary streams
Page 54 and 55: “PUBLIC WATERS” ISSUES AND ITS
Page 56 and 57: increasing. We will continue to wor
Page 62 and 63: 6. High - Adopt and enforce SWCD er
Page 64: 8. Low/Med. - Promote voluntary con
Page 67 and 68: Table 1: Watershed Demographics Sou
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Page 86: Insert Landuse table here 86
Page 90: Insert soil loss by 11 digit HU her
Page 95 and 96: Insert table with sediment delivery
Page 97: Insert HU Maps here (Bond, Clinton,
Page 100 and 101: Montgomery County Acres Quadrangle
Page 102: SUMMARY OF PRIVATE WATER WELL ANALY
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