Otter Creek Watershed Project

Otter Creek Watershed Project

Project Objectives:

•Decrease extent and duration of summer flooding.
•Decrease sediment deposited by storms.
•Improve water quality during “base flow” (non-flood conditions).
•Reduce channelization (and subsequent erosion) of cropland outside the normal stream channel.
•Slow flow of water coming off Baraboo Hills quartzite slopes.
•Maintain or improve stream & streambank wildlife habitat.
•Optimize fish habitat to extent possible.
•Ensure cooperation and consistency of practices between and among individual projects.
•Consider aesthetics in the implementation.

For more information contact Mitch McCarthy, Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department, (608) 355-4836.