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Oneida Nation Land Conservation Program. Mike Troge Environmental Program Manager Environmental Health and Safety Division. Oneida Ag-Land Decision Components. Oneida Sustainable Resource Advisory Council (OSRAC) Conservation Plan SOP Agricultural Leases - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Oneida NationLand Conservation

Program

Mike TrogeEnvironmental Program Manager

Environmental Health and Safety Division

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Oneida Ag-Land Decision Components

• Oneida Sustainable Resource Advisory Council (OSRAC)

• Conservation Plan SOP

• Agricultural Leases

• Partnerships: Tribal, local, state, federal, and private planning and funding programs

• Resource staff

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Oneida Agriculture Program

a brief history• 1995 – Duck/Apple/Ashwaubenon

Priority Watershed Program• 1997 – NRCS Tribal Liaison

introduced• 1998 – Natural Resources

Partnership Committee• 2000 – OSRAC evolved (Oneida

Sustainable Resource Advisory Council)

• 2003 – OSRAC officially chartered• 2005 – initial development of

program for leased land• 2008 – Conservation Plan SOP

ratified

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Priority Watershed Program

First Wisconsin Nonpoint Program

• Started 1980s• Watershed scale (typical size 150 sq.

miles)• 90(?) watersheds targeted• Managed by county Land

Conservation Departments• 2-yr assessment• 10-year cost-share program• Best management practices (20

practices on list)• Cost-share• Program ends 2010

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DAA Priority Watershed Program

• Initiated 1995

• Brown County, Outagamie County, Oneida Tribe

• First project with Tribal involvement

• Duck Creek Watershed, Ashwaubenon Creek Watershed, Apple Creek Watershed

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Oneida’s partners

• Brown and Outagamie County• Wi DNR, DATCP• USDA, EPA, BIA, Fish and Wildlife, CoE• EQIP, CRP, Circle of Flight, Great Lakes

Buffer Program, 319, TRM, WHIP, CSP• WTCAC (Wisconsin Tribal Conservation

Advisory Council)• USDA Natural Resources Conservation

Service• NRCS Tribal Liaison • Jerry Thompson, 1998-2002• Tony Bush, 2002-present

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OSRAC history

• Mission: to provide direction and assistance to the NRCS and other conservation partnerships for the protection, enhancement, and sustainability of natural resources on tribal lands.

• Multi-disciplinary council represented by many Oneida departments and organizations.

• Interim council in 2000.• Officially chartered in 2003 to meet the

USDA-NRCS General Manual 410-RDV-Rural Development request for improving and enhancing services to Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.

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OSRAC goals

• Provide leadership and counsel to NRCS on tribal conservation needs.

• Establish yearly programming, communication, and priorities for the NRCS Tribal Liaison, including technical evaluations and funding opportunities.

• Serve as the local approval body for conservation agreements with NRCS on tribal lands.

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OSRAC objectives

• Develop standard operating procedures which establishes guidelines for OSRAC, Conservation Plans, and other areas of importance.

• Develop a communication network internally and externally for sharing information and participation in projects related to the Oneida Tribe’s natural resources, including participation on WTCAC.

• NRCS recognizes the importance of Oneida’s self-determination and uniqueness of our natural resource needs and becomes more flexible in delivering programs to Tribes.

• Healthy sustainable resources within the Oneida Reservation.

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Conservation Plan SOP

• Agreement between Oneida Land Commission, Department of Land Management, Environmental Health and Safety, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service

• The lease is the means for enforcement of non-point standards on agriculture leases.

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Conservation Plan SOPProhibitions

• Lessees shall not permit overflow of manure storage facilities.

• Lessees shall not place any unconfined manure pile or industrial waste or municipal waste in a surface water quality management area.

• Lessees shaall not permit direct runoff from a feedlot or stored manure pile into the water of the reservation.

• Lessees shall not allow unlimited access of livestock to surface waters of the reservation…

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Conservation Plan SOPRequirements address:

• Abandoned wells• Clean water diversions• Crop rotations• Manure storage facilities• Nutrient management plans• Pest management plans• Riparian variable width buffers• Serious erosion concerns• Sheet, rill and wind erosion• Industrial and municipal waste

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Conservation Plan Process

• Starts with new lease• NRCS Tribal Liaison is provided with

details of lease• Lessee contacts Tribal Liaison• Field assessment by Liaison or Tribal

staff• Conservation plan developed• Lessee review• Due process if necessary (flowcharts)• OSRAC review• Research funding opportunities• Contract developed• Status reviews

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