General Information The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administers the Soil and Water Resource Management (DATCP) grant program that supports locally-led conservation efforts. All Wisconsin counties are provided with at least one staff person and grant funds to cost-share for eligible water quality improvements or soil stabilization projects. Recent Cost-Share Projects by the Land Conservation Department 2016: The Florence County Land Conservation Department (LCD) partnered with the Florence County Highway Department to install a concrete box culvert at CTH U and the Little Popple River. 2017: Partnered with the Town of Florence to install two Aluminum box culverts on Woods Creek and Goodman Grade, funded in part by LCD cost-share and We Energies Mitigation & Enhancement (MEF) grant funds.  As the Woods Creek culverts were being installed, also helped replaced a culvert damaged by a storm event on Patten Lake Road.  Partnered with the Town of Fence and the U.S. Forest Service to improve culverts on Morgan Lake Road. 2019: Worked with a private landowner on Lake Ellwood on a grade stabilization project to reduce sediment load into the lake.  Partnered with a private landowner and the Town of Homestead to improve runoff conditions at the Sand Lake Park and boat landing.  Work included the installation of vegetated bagwalls, regrading, and a grassed waterway to channel water away from neighboring property.  The LCD also initiated a shoreline restoration project with a private landowner on Lake Ellwood.  This project was started late 2019 and completed in 2020. 2020: Partnered with Lyme Timberlands Wisconsin LLC and Trout Unlimited to install an Aluminum box culvert on Woods Creek and a logging road owned by the company.  This project was funded in-part by cost-share funds and We Energies MEF funds.  Finalized the Lake Ellwood shoreline restoration with the installation of a vegetated bagwall to improve bank stability, reduce erosion, and improve wildlife habitat. 2021: The LCD in partnership with the Town of Florence and Trout Unlimited replaced an undersized culvert at LePage Creek and Old Highway 69.  This project reduced erosion, improved aquatic organism passage, and increased resilience to runoff events.  Funding for this project was through the LCD cost-share and direct funds from Trout Unlimited. 2022: LCD partnership with the Town of Florence, Trout Unlimited, the Wisconsin DNR, and Lyme Timberlands Wisconsin LLC to replace failing culverts, improve the streambank, reduce erosion, and improve wildlife habitat at Hendricks Creek and Walnut Road West. 2023:  LCD staff are worked with the Town of Long Lake and the Fay Lake Forest Association to correct problematic erosion at the Fay Lake boat landing. The project included erosion control practices and a hickenbottom inlet to an underground outlet and grassed waterway to diverty any runoff. Upcoming LCD staff hope to partner with the Town of Aurora to replace the culverts at Crossett Creek on W Fischer Lake Rd.   Contact:  Scott Goodwin - Florence County Land Conservation Administrator Phone: 715-528-3484 Click here to email Mailing Address:  Florence County LCD P.O. Box 410 Florence, WI 54121 Map Physical Address:  Courthouse, First Floor, Room #255 501 Lake Avenue Florence, WI 54121 Map