The Redwood Soil and Water District office held a tour of its projects last Wednesday to highlight the work going on in the area to ensure clean, safe water that meets federal regulation standards.
The tour was hosted by SWCD administrator Mar-ilyn Bernhardson, district technician Judy Schulte, and NRCS technician Brian Pfarr. About 30 people attended the tour, which focused heavily on the high relief area of southern Redwood County.
This is where Buffalo Ridge meets the Cot-tonwood River, combining sandy soils, steep gradients and moving water – all factors in erosion.
The group toured the Lake Laura project, numerous wind breaks, and an interesting riverbank preservation project which halted a rapidly eroding river bank from destroying a field.
Such projects often take a lot of time and money.
Sen. Dennis Freder-ickson (R–New Ulm), was on hand to talk about the funding, regulations, preserving rock outcroppings and the need for such projects and how they benefit not only area citizens, but everyone downstream from Red-wood County and Min-nesota as a whole.
One project close to Redwood Falls Freder-ickson covered is the environmental trust fund, which is used to protect ancient granite rock outcroppings.
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