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Watershed council hears presentation from Adam Kramer Tainter Creek THE KRAMER FAMILY of Patch Grove, who own and operate Black Sand Granary, seem to delight in their field of sunflowers. Adam and Kellie Kramer are shown with their four children, from left, Ezra (10), Hailey (13), Harper (11), and Ila (4). Sun flowers are a joy to watch because, like solar panels mounted to follow the sun’s progress across the sky, they swivel their heads like the tiny, organic, solar collectors they are.
TAINTER CREEK - Adam Kramer of Black Sand Granary in Patch Grove was the featured presenter at the Thursday, Feb. 25 meeting of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council. Kramer has run the successful cover crop program, piloted by Crawford County Land Conservation Department for the last two years.
Watershed council pursuing entrance signage and well testing Tainter Creek
TAINTER CREEK - Perhaps one of the most exciting business items on the agenda for the Thursday, Feb. 25 meeting of the farmers of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council was watershed signage. The council is working to place ‘Tainter Creek Watershed’ signs at all of the major entrances to the watershed in Crawford and Vernon counties.The groups 2021 DATCP Producer-Led Watershed Council grant included funding for the signs, as well as signs for fields of watershed council farmers growing cover crops.
Proposed locations for the ten watershed entrance signs include:
Vernon County
CRAWFORD, VERNON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES - The Driftless Area Water Study (DAWS) will conduct their second round of well water testing in Crawford, Vernon and Richland counties on Monday, April 19. The three counties, each doing something slightly different, are moving ahead now with recruiting participants for the Spring 2021 event.
Farmers of watershed council begin planning for 2021 Tainter Creek
CRAWFORD AND VERNON COUNTIES - About 16 people participated in the Thursday, January 28 meeting of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council. Participants had the option to attend online or in-person, and about six people were present at the Franklin Town Hall and 10 people attended online.
At their first meeting in 2021, the group learned about the new Producer Led Watershed Council grant provided by DATCP, began planning for 2021 activities, and heard various reports.
Cover crops
Franklin Town Chairman and watershed council member Berent Froiland reported to the group that “it had been a good year for cover crops in the watershed.” Froiland told the group that funds available from the council had allowed for 800 acres on 23 farms to be planted in cover crops at $25 per acre – a total expenditure of $20,000.