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Winnebago committee adds onshore riprap to county and Spirit Fund programs, approves enhanced cost-sharing
Summary
The county Land & Water Conservation Committee voted to add onshore riprap as an eligible structural practice in both the county Water Quality Improvement Program and the Spirit Fund, adopting a base 50% cost-share and higher incentives (up to 90% with a shoreland habitat enhancer) to encourage buffers and restoration.
The Winnebago County Land & Water Conservation Committee voted to add onshore riprap to its Water Quality Improvement Program and to mirror that change in the county's Spirit Fund, adopting new cost-share tiers intended to incentivize shoreland habitat restoration.
The committee approved a base cost-share of 50% for construction of onshore riprap and an "enhancer" that raises county support to 70% when applicants also install a 20-foot buffer. Staff said the Spirit Fund would further allow an enhanced county…
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