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Director details Spirit Fund's growth, dashboard and soil-health results

Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Committee · January 5, 2026
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Summary

The director presented an annual Spirit Fund report and dashboard showing increased enrollments and payouts for no-till and cover crops in 2025, program allocations for structural, soil-health and buffer components, and tracked pollutant reduction estimates.

The Land and Water Conservation Department director reported to the committee on the Spirit Fund's 2025 activity, citing increased enrollments, a new internal dashboard and specific program allocations

Director Chad told the committee that the Spirit Fund has three primary components: structural practices (about $1.9 million allocated), soil-health contracts (about $830,000 allocated) and buffer programs (about $300,000). He reported acreage and payments for 2025: 463 acres of no-till practices and 969 acres of…

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