CEDAR CREEK FARMERS
Improving Land for Cleaner Waters
Here at Cedar Creek Farmers, we are driven by a single goal to provide education and outreach to area producers about the principles of soil health and and water quality improvement
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The Milwaukee River is plagued with water quality degradation caused in part by elevated levels of phosphorous, bacteria, and sediment-laden runoff. Cedar Creek and its tributaries pass through the Village of Jackson in Washington County into the Villages of Cedarburg and Grafton in Ozaukee County.
The land use in the Cedar Creek Watershed is approximately 50% agriculture, 16% wetlands, and 26% grassland and forests. WI DNR placed all 28 miles of Cedar Creek on Wisconsin's 303(d) Impaired Waters List, designating this stream as not meeting water quality standards. Agricultural runoff has been identified as one of the major contributors to water quality degradation in the Cedar Creek Watershed.
Cedar Creek Farmers - Improving Land for Cleaner Waters, intends to improve the quality of soil and water in the Cedar Creek watershed by: 1) providing education and outreach to area producers about the principles of soil health, soil improvement practices and water quality improvement conservation practices; 2) recruiting producers to apply for and install low-cost conservation BMP's to improve soil and water quality as part of the Cedar Creek Farmers (CCF) incentive program; and 3) improving the image of agriculture by showcasing various locally implemented conservation practices to the non-farming community.
Cedar Creek Watershed
Watershed Size: 129 mi²
Stream Miles: 177 miles
Lake Acres: 1,897 acres
Wetland Acres: 13,112 acres
“Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals.”
-Aldo Leopold
