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SWCD Supervisor
Elections
The Mille Lacs SWCD is governed by an elected board
of supervisors. Each supervisor serves a four year term with individual
terms staggered so that no more than 3 terms expire in a given year.
This election year, the Mille Lacs SWCD will have three board positions
open for election. Supervisors meet monthly to discuss the
business of the SWCD, including state grant allocations to landowners,
district conservation priorities, coordination with other local units of
government and state agencies, and legislative priorities. To become a
candidate you must file for candidacy with the Mille Lacs County
Auditor's Office between July 1st and July 15th, complete the Minnesota
Affidavit of Candidacy and pay the $20 filling fee. You must live in the
district you wish to be elected to. This year supervisor positions are
up for election in District 1 (Greenbush, Bogus Brook and Princeton
townships), District 2 (Milaca, Borgholm and Milo townships) and
District 4 (North Kathio, South Kathio, South Harbor, Bradbury and
Onamia townships).
Mille Lacs County Auditors Office 320-983-8310
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Mille Lacs SWCD Projects
The Mille Lacs SWCD worked closely with the City
of Milaca and the Milaca Friends of the Library to build a large rain garden on
the site of the new Milaca Public Library. The rain garden was possible thanks
to a Local Water Management Challenge Grant from the Minnesota Board of Water
and Soil Resources (BWSR) and much volunteer work from community members and the
Milaca Friends of the Library. This rain garden catches and filters storm water
that would otherwise have run directly into the Rum River.
Native plants are preferred for rain garden
plantings because they do not need fertilizer or watering and their long roots
help absorb and filter polluted run off and control erosion.
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Mille Lacs SWCD
2007 Outstanding Conservationist!
Milaca resident Shelley Larson was honored at the
MASWCD annual convention in Rochester, MN for being the Mille Lacs SWCD 2007
Outstanding Conservationist. Shelley was chosen because of her achievements in
educating the community on the protection of our soil and water resources. As
past president of the Milaca Friends of the Library, Shelley was the driving
force behind designing, constructing and planting the large rain garden on the
grounds of the new City of Milaca Public Library.
MN Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts Annual Convention in Rochester, MN
Mille Lacs SWCD Chairman of the Board of
Supervisors and recent graduate
of the MASWCD Leadership Institute, Kurt Beckstrom attended the MASWCD annual
convention in Rochester, MN in December 2007 and took the opportunity to discuss
water quality issues with MASWCD President, Ken Pederson. Beckstrom and the SWCD
staff added to their knowledge of conservation by attending convention seminars
on subjects like climate change, the future of bio-energy and wetland issues.
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Telephone 320-983-2160 Fax 320-983-2107
Address: 1016 5th St. SE Milaca, MN 56353
Email:
susan.shaw@mn.nacdnet.net
Mille Lacs Soil and Water Conservation District is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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