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Marathon County ERC backs $20,000 pilot to protect municipal wellheads
Summary
The Marathon County Environmental Resources Committee voted Jan. 6 to support a $20,000 Environmental Impact Fund request for a pilot “Green-for-Green” program to convert cropland around municipal wells to prairie/pasture and other protective uses to reduce nitrate risk and avoid costly water treatment or new wells.
The Marathon County Environmental Resources Committee on Jan. 6 supported a request to allocate $20,000 from the county’s Environmental Impact Fund for a Green-for-Green pilot aimed at protecting municipal wellhead areas.
County conservation staff and partners described the program as a preventive approach that helps municipalities reduce nitrate and other contamination risks by changing land uses near public wells. County conservationist Kirstie Heidenreich told the committee that roughly 35 wellhead protection areas exist in the county and that land-use change projects — such as the Athens example where 60 acres were converted to prairie and pasture — can reduce inputs that drive…
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