Minnesota

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Minnesotas Clean Water Cabinet
Recommendations forConservation in the 2007
Farm Bill
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Where it all started Governors Clean Water
Initiative(launched June 2003)

• More so than any other state, the quality and
  quantity of water in Minnesota is central to our
  way of life.  It helps define who we are and what
  we value. Governor Pawlenty

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Minnesotas Clean Water VisionAs Minnesotans, we
expect our waters to be clean and plentiful, both
today and long into the future. This requires all
Minnesotans to

• Guard their waters from present and future
  threats
• Restore waters that are impaired
• Maintain an accurate picture of waters for
  citizens, managers and policy-makers
• Ensure adequate reserves of safe water to keep
  Minnesota prosperous and sustain healthy
  communities

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Clean Water Vision Principles

• Keep working lands working to achieve commonsense
  balance between economic advancement and
  environmental protection
• Focus on priorities to achieve better results
• One size does not fit all, so acknowledge
  regional differences
• No one agency or organization can do it alone we
  must all be part of the solution and build
  partnerships

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Minnesotas Clean Water Cabinet
http//cwc.state.mn.us

• Clean Water Priorities
• Impaired waters restoration
• Safe drinking water
• Fish Wildlife Habitat
• Clean Water Cabinet member agencies
• MN Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
• MN Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
• MN Department of Agriculture (MDA)
• MN Department of Health (MDH)
• MN Board of Water Soil Resources (BWSR)
• MN Environmental Quality Board
• Metropolitan Council

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Why the Clean Water Cabinetis Developing Farm
Bill ConservationPolicy Recommendations

• Good fit between MN Clean Water priorities Farm
  Bill conservation objectives
• 2002 Conservation Title has provided more for
  clean water activities than any other source
• Largest Cons Title ever more programs,
  objectives, dollars than ever before (gt10
  billion authorized)
• Minnesota 870 m ( 140 m/yr) by Dec 2007

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Farm Bill Conservation Programs Fit Well with
Clean Water Cabinet Priorities
2002 Farm Bill Conservation Programs Clean Water Priorities Clean Water Priorities Clean Water Priorities
2002 Farm Bill Conservation Programs Impaired Waters Drinking Water Habitat
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ? ? ?
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) ? ? ?
Conservation Security Program (CSP) ? ? ?
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ? ?
Wetland Reserves Program (WRP) ? ?
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) ? ?
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) ? ?
Farm Ranch Land Protection Program (FRPP) ? ?
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Cabinets 2007 Farm Bill Conservation Policy
Recommendations Will

• Be sent to MN Congressional delegation USDA
• Focus on the Conservation Title relative to
  Minnesotas clean water priorities
• Be developed by a state agency work group (MDA,
  BWSR, DNR, MPCA) with stakeholder input
• Not replace or supersede stakeholder positions
• Not necessarily represent all Minnesota
  stakeholder viewpoints

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Process Timeline for Developing the Cabinets
Recommendations

• The goal is to complete recommendations by June
  or July 2006, but timeline isnt set in stone

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Guiding Principles for Developing the Cabinets
Recommendations (adopted Dec 2005)

• To meet national state environmental goals, the
  2007 Farm Bill should
• Strengthen the economic viability of farming
• Facilitate state local efforts to address
  environmental priorities
• Implement long-term conservation plans

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Strategy Areas Leading toSpecific
Recommendations

• Technical Assistance
• Conservation Planning
• Financial Incentives
• Results-Oriented Accountability
• Strategic Targeting
• Flexibility

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Stakeholder Input

• Letter inviting stakeholder input (sent Jan 2006)
• Online forum (to be launched Feb 2006)
• Meetings with stakeholder groups (as time allows)

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Farm Bill Conservation Policy Stakeholders 
Ducks Unlimited Izaak Walton League MN Land
Stewardship Project Midwest Forage Association MN
Agri-Growth Council MN Association of Wheat
Growers MN Barley Growers Association MN
Conservation Federation / imember
organizations MN Corn Growers Association MN Deer
Hunters Association MN Environmental Partnership
/ member organizations MN Farm Bureau
Federation MN Farmers Union MN Impaired Waters
Stakeholder Policy Group (G-16) MN Milk Producers
Association MN Pork Producers Association MN Soil
Water Conservation Districts / individual
districts

• MN Soybean Growers Association
• MN State Cattlemens Association
• MN State Technical Committee
• MN Trout Unlimited
• MN Turkey Growers Association
• MN Waterfowl Association
• MN Watershed Districts / individual districts
• Pheasants Forever
• Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association
• Southern MN Beet Sugar Cooperative
• Sustainable Farming Association of MN
• The Minnesota Project
• The Nature Conservancy of MN
• University of MN Extension Service / Water
  Resources Center
• OTHER
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