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Marathon County discusses draft changes to animal waste ordinance: 35-foot buffers, winter restrictions and phased implementation
Summary
County conservation staff reviewed proposed updates to Chapter 11.2 that would require 35-foot buffers adjacent to streams, impose seasonal limits on winter spreading for mid/large farms, establish a permit for winter spreading for operators without nutrient management plans and contemplate delayed implementation to allow transition.
Marathon County conservation staff and committee members reviewed proposed edits to the county's animal waste ordinance (draft Chapter 11.2) at the Oct. 14 Environmental Resources Committee meeting, covering proposed stream buffers, winter-spreading restrictions, verification procedures and phased implementation timelines.
Staff emphasized the draft's intent to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into impaired streams. The proposed buffer rule in the draft would require a 35-foot vegetative buffer where a stream runs through a property. Staff explained the county ordinance is mandatory where adopted; the buffer requirement would apply irrespective of farm size if a stream is present.
The draft also includes a seasonal restriction on…
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